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HuskyNamedNala
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Is peer review legitament anymore?
I was having a discussion with a friend of mine regarding academia. He was explaining to me why he left with a masters as opposed to a PhD (his original plan). One major reason he cited was how political and unscientific publishing in journals has become. I did some research for myself and read some disturbing articles (did you know China has a lucrative fake publication black market and many "peer reviewers" don't actually have a background in science?) that had made me seriously reconsider the value of higher education and university research. Among these articles I came across a blog by a professor where he cited a "sting" conducted against Science and open access journals. The results were depressing. What is really frustrating is that I can't find a legitament news source for this; there is some pretty clear bias in rebuttles of the claims in the blog by paid access journals. Anyway, how legitimate are the claims in the blog and will this have an affect on the future of education and academic research?
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2013/10/04/open-access-is-not-the-problem/
I was having a discussion with a friend of mine regarding academia. He was explaining to me why he left with a masters as opposed to a PhD (his original plan). One major reason he cited was how political and unscientific publishing in journals has become. I did some research for myself and read some disturbing articles (did you know China has a lucrative fake publication black market and many "peer reviewers" don't actually have a background in science?) that had made me seriously reconsider the value of higher education and university research. Among these articles I came across a blog by a professor where he cited a "sting" conducted against Science and open access journals. The results were depressing. What is really frustrating is that I can't find a legitament news source for this; there is some pretty clear bias in rebuttles of the claims in the blog by paid access journals. Anyway, how legitimate are the claims in the blog and will this have an affect on the future of education and academic research?
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2013/10/04/open-access-is-not-the-problem/