• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    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.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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      4 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.