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From: Han de Bruijn on 5 Sep 2006 04:49 Jesse F. Hughes wrote: > Nothing to do with fatalism. The fact that administrators mistake > quantity for quality is a bad thing. It pushes researchers to publish > often rather than to publish well. My regular job is such administration. Which explains a great deal of my "fatalism". As for the rest, I cannot improve on Jesse's answer. Han de Bruijn
From: Han de Bruijn on 5 Sep 2006 04:50 Lester Zick wrote: > "JSH: At the Anals" might be more like it. Look who is talking. Han de Bruijn
From: Han de Bruijn on 5 Sep 2006 04:53 John Schutkeker wrote: > It's fatalism to say "Screw the journals, and publish on the web." Or maybe it is: Welcome to Modern Times! Han de Bruijn
From: Han de Bruijn on 5 Sep 2006 05:03 Jesse F. Hughes wrote: > You said that there were two "fatalists" and "quitters" in this > thread, but only one person advocated web-publishing instead of > journals. Also the Field Medal winner Grisha Perelman did web-publishing instead of journals. > And it weren't me. But your post sure makes it look like it's > directed to me as well as Han. Uhm, Jesse, it seems to me that you are a web-publisher as well: 14.900 articles via Google, at first sight. I would be surprised if that doesn't outnumber your publications in paper-based journals. Han de Bruijn
From: Jesse F. Hughes on 5 Sep 2006 07:07
Han de Bruijn <Han.deBruijn(a)DTO.TUDelft.NL> writes: > Jesse F. Hughes wrote: > >> And it weren't me. But your post sure makes it look like it's >> directed to me as well as Han. > > Uhm, Jesse, it seems to me that you are a web-publisher as well: > 14.900 articles via Google, at first sight. I would be surprised if > that doesn't outnumber your publications in paper-based journals. I don't use web-publishing instead of journals, but in addition to journals. I am not so dismissive of the importance of peer-reviewed publication as you are. But I also see the value of web publications (and I don't mean Usenet posts!). -- "Rob Enderle [predicts] that Longhorn will provide 'vast improvements in security.' We can cheer this happy prospect, but at the same time we must ignore the snide laughs of Macintosh users who have yet to encounter a virus..." -- New York Times |