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[โ€“] [email protected] 68 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

It's a numbers game.

  • X submits paper to Journal 1, and peers A,B,C reject it.
  • X submits paper with minor changes to Journal 2, and only peers D and E reject it.
  • X submits paper with minor changes to Journal 3, and only peer G rejects it
  • X submits paper with minor changes to Journal 4, and no one rejects it.

Journal 4 increments prestige, Scientist X increments prestige, but nothing true or good is actually gained.

Science.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did peer F get murdered for indicating they were going to reject the paper? ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿง

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

NOT science. At all. That's publication and clout. Two things science distinctly is NOT, but needs because information must still disseminate in some way.