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Peer review (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did peer F get murdered for indicating they were going to reject the paper? 🔍🧐

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

peer F accepted the paper

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

F

To doubt

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He typed using technology that wouldn't exist but for Science.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I believe in the scientific method. I believe in peer review.

I just don't like that scientific journals have become so commodified that a lesser journal would accept volumes of bad science and bad review in order to boost its rankings whilst boosting the prestige of the scientist who is measured on the quantity of their work and not the quality.

Entire paper mills exist purely for this reason, and it's a scourge on the scientific community.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fair. TY for clarifying

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah that wasn't at all the impression I got from their first comment

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 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.