Oct 17 2011, 11:43 AM
QUOTE(sheng88 @ Oct 17 2011, 08:02 AM)
Research is as dirty as politics out there. As long as you got a strong name backing up your paper, it's definitely publisable based on the condition that the paper must be of some quality. Other tweaks involves using colour printing, requesting for additional page etc which may result in you paying more to the journal and they will have more income.
Having big names help a lot, but the game doesn't end there. It gets worse, because the reviewers (who remain anonymous) may very well be the competitors working on similar stuff, stalling the publication and in some cases even led to rejection (and depends on how the editor handles it).Trust me, having witnessed this first hand, it's definitely not a pretty sight.
As they said, in research it's not so much about what you know, but who you know. Unfortunately this is very true for the academia.
This post has been edited by tester: Oct 17 2011, 11:44 AM
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