We really have to leave the idea that you 'publish' in a journal. http://www.lum.lu.se/english/expensive-to-publish-with-open-access-in-prestigious-journals/ …
mayb being naive but is preprint + journal/ribbon more work for readers who want only peer-rev'ed stuff? 1/2
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doesn't mean I'm against it all - just wondering about quality control 2/2
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The role of peer-review in quality control is GREATLY overrated. https://svpow.com/2012/11/26/well-that-about-wraps-it-up-for-peer-review/ … …http://breast-cancer-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/bcr2742 …
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@wordpressdotcom oh, I know... Last week we got non peers reviewing us at a really top journal. Thanks for links! -
I don't know what to replace it with though sadly...
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One option: nothing. We no longer need it to optimise use of scarce space.
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won't social media/Google rankings in a way just take its place? That worries me a little.
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I hope we can do better; but I think that would be a big improvement on what we have now.
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Worries me that pubs with high altmetrics = often crappy. Obv doesn't mean peer rev = not broken.
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