{"id":38923,"date":"2013-04-10T09:53:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T13:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=38923"},"modified":"2013-04-10T10:52:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T14:52:27","slug":"scientific-articles-accepted-personal-checks-too-kolata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/04\/10\/scientific-articles-accepted-personal-checks-too-kolata\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific articles accepted (personal checks, too) [Kolata]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientific articles accepted (personal checks, too)<\/strong><\/a> — from the nytimes.com by Gina Kolata<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

The scientists who were recruited to appear at a conference called Entomology-2013 thought they had been selected to make a presentation to the leading professional association of scientists who study insects.<\/p>\n

But they found out the hard way that they were wrong. The prestigious, academically sanctioned conference they had in mind has a slightly different name: Entomology 2013 (without the hyphen). The one they had signed up for featured speakers who were recruited by e-mail, not vetted by leading academics. Those who agreed to appear were later charged a hefty fee for the privilege, and pretty much anyone who paid got a spot on the podium that could be used to pad a r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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Excerpt of some recommendations\/suggestions from Mr. Steve McMullen, Assistant Professor of Economics, Calvin College:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Only publish in journals that you know are legitimate and long standing.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Only go to conferences hosted by an institution or association that you respect.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    These two rules immediately rule out all the suspect journals and conferences, but they do so by granting power to the traditional gatekeepers. I recognize that if everyone behaves this way, it might be difficult for the open-access movement, which is sometimes laudable, to take off in our field. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Another observation:\u00a0 It is probably important for departments to have some statement written into their scholarship statements\/guidelines that indicate the sort of journals that count and those that don’t, and a process for evaluating publication outlets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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