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Looking into #ScienceAdvances as a journal to publish in..
Why is there a reference limit, and why is it so low (80 references)? In this day and age? For an online-only journal?

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Albert Cardona
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Why would anyone choose a for-profit open access journal over one run by a charity?
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El Duvelle
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@albertcardona ... because of the "impact factor" 😭
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Albert Cardona
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And society journals won't do, like the Journal of Neuroscience, or the Journal of Neurophysiology? At least they have credible editorial boards and a mission statement that isn't hoarding loot for investors.
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@albertcardona

  1. I agree with you
  2. Others... do not necessarily agree and think that IF is more important than reputation, since the main purpose of papers these days is for career advancement and not the spread of knowledge 😣
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Dan Goodman
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@albertcardona I suspect that the problem is cross discipline decision making. I am regularly involved in assessments in fields I don't know anything about. None of the journals or conferences have any reputation for me. I don't use IF because it's stupid, but I can see why people would.
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Albert Cardona
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And in this case who is the intended recipient, who cares about the impact factor of the journals where you publish your papers? Is it your faculty (you can talk to them), or a future grant panel you are sending your grant proposal to (they won't care about IF)?
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El Duvelle
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@albertcardona both, and faculty are the ones suggesting going for higher IF ; grant committees, unsure what they think but they'll probably say that higher IF cannot hurt 😕
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Frank Aylward
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@albertcardona SciAdv is from AAAS, which is a non-profit - wouldn't that be better than a for-profit OA journal?
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PS: just for "fun" especially for those out here who are not in #Academia..

Without looking it up, how much do you think the authors need to pay to get 1 scientific article published in Science Advances (an online open-access journal)?

Update: and the answer is.. $5,450.
(Source: science.org/content/page/scien…)

  • They pay nothing, silly! (12%, 6 votes)
  • around $50 (4%, 2 votes)
  • around $500 (12%, 6 votes)
  • around $5000 (51%, 24 votes)
  • Don't know / see results (19%, 9 votes)
47 voters. Poll end: 1 week ago

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