Re: The Economist: Publish and perish

2002-12-04 Thread Albert Henderson
on Wed, 27 Nov 2002 Arkadiusz Jadczyk a...@cassiopaea.org wrote But the main problem in this thread is the proceder of peer reviewing and what to do about it. For me the action of the editor of Classical and Quantum and Gravity is just funny. If they are really serious, they should

Re: The Economist: Publish and perish

2002-12-01 Thread David Goodman
Are referees for second rate journals less likely to steal your article? On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Arkadiusz Jadczyk wrote: I can't refrain from quoting the pertinent piece from Chance and Chaos by David Ruelle. (Notes 5 and 7 to Chapter 11, p. 179-180) A few words about rejected papers may be

The Economist: Publish and perish

2002-11-19 Thread Imre Simon
There is an interesting article in The Economist of this week (November 16th-22nd) which raises questions about the scientific peer-review system: http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1441745 I am afraid that this article is not Open Access but the story and the facts can

Re: The Economist: Publish and perish

2002-11-19 Thread Peter Suber
At 10:37 PM 11/18/2002 -0200, you wrote: There is an interesting article in The Economist of this week (November 16th-22nd) which raises questions about the scientific peer-review system: http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1441745 I am afraid that this article is not