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We really need a new kind of academic publishing that recognizes and creates peer review opportunities for other forms of publication. Want to talk about that? PLOS Currents was an interesting start in the right direction
A move in this direction is people whose not-conventionally-published essays are overwhelmingly strong creative contributions. @worrydream & Terry Tao, for instance, both provide examples. Academic papers look silly if they don't cite them, & the whole political economy changes
One comparatively low overhead way to do this—create a peer review process for things that are already out there. No author submissions needed. Curation by editors, with authors getting invited to have their work reviewed. This ends up looking more like an awards program.
It all really comes down to influence. Which works influenced your thinking? It can be a scientific paper, but it can also be an essay or a tweet. If we don't keep track of that, we're missing out on the full picture.
The real issue is that researchers need ways of signalling to institutions that they have made important contributions. The traditional journal format is a clunky but effective way of doing this.
Yeah but at the moment, academics don’t really care about non-academics- no incentives for promotion, citations, funding, awards. Sad but true.
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