My impression (partly from reading Zephyr Teachout's excellent book Break Em Up) is that a farmer cooperative would not find the big grocery stores willing to carry their products. Those stores are intimidated by…
Yes, that's got to be part of the explanation. What's not clear to me is why anyone gets professional credit (e.g., tenure) for publishing in a journal that is obviously bad.
What is the alternative? Channeling Chuchill, peer review is the worst form of journal review except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. As an associate editor and frequent reviewer, I can…
Not necessarily. You can compare dead trees in the same vicinity that were alive at overlapping time intervals. Patterns in the width of the rings will reveal the period over which their lives overlapped. With enough…
My impression (partly from reading Zephyr Teachout's excellent book Break Em Up) is that a farmer cooperative would not find the big grocery stores willing to carry their products. Those stores are intimidated by…
Yes, that's got to be part of the explanation. What's not clear to me is why anyone gets professional credit (e.g., tenure) for publishing in a journal that is obviously bad.
What is the alternative? Channeling Chuchill, peer review is the worst form of journal review except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. As an associate editor and frequent reviewer, I can…
Not necessarily. You can compare dead trees in the same vicinity that were alive at overlapping time intervals. Patterns in the width of the rings will reveal the period over which their lives overlapped. With enough…