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How many authors does it take to publish a high profile or classic paper?

Although the process of publishing a scientific paper has gotten simpler, it is increasingly difficult to publish a paper in high profile journals. We have analyzed the publishing data in the cell biology field and found several alarming trends developing over the last two decades. There is an emerg...

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Autores principales: Rao, Hai, Che, Jun, Yin, Changhui, Zhou, Yunfan, Ma, Yifang, Tian, Ruilin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9635298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36137240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E22-04-0140
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Che, Jun
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description Although the process of publishing a scientific paper has gotten simpler, it is increasingly difficult to publish a paper in high profile journals. We have analyzed the publishing data in the cell biology field and found several alarming trends developing over the last two decades. There is an emerging divide between scientist-run journals and professional-run high profile journals. How did this happen? What should we do? The core issue is whether the current standard for high profile journals hurts rather than helps the scientific discovery process. In this regard, we suggest that the editors and scientists should direct their focus on the potential impact and rigor of the work instead of the “perfection” or “completeness” of the study.
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spelling pubmed-96352982022-12-07 How many authors does it take to publish a high profile or classic paper? Rao, Hai Che, Jun Yin, Changhui Zhou, Yunfan Ma, Yifang Tian, Ruilin Mol Biol Cell Perspective Although the process of publishing a scientific paper has gotten simpler, it is increasingly difficult to publish a paper in high profile journals. We have analyzed the publishing data in the cell biology field and found several alarming trends developing over the last two decades. There is an emerging divide between scientist-run journals and professional-run high profile journals. How did this happen? What should we do? The core issue is whether the current standard for high profile journals hurts rather than helps the scientific discovery process. In this regard, we suggest that the editors and scientists should direct their focus on the potential impact and rigor of the work instead of the “perfection” or “completeness” of the study. The American Society for Cell Biology 2022-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9635298/ /pubmed/36137240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E22-04-0140 Text en © 2022 Rao et al. “ASCB®,” “The American Society for Cell Biology®,” and “Molecular Biology of the Cell®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). Two months after publication it is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International Creative Commons License.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9635298/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E22-04-0140
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