Around ~10-12 years ago, Nature tried to “disrupt” the publication market & flooded it with journals without providing resources to ensure long-term success nor thinking about the impact it would have… this has led to sustained mediocrity, dwindling integrity, & disingenuous “high impact” publications that they profit off of — another Great disservice to the already awful publication landscape that scientists face today. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01236-w
This article starts off with “One clear benefit of the increasing number of Nature-titled journals is that there is a destination for many more excellent papers than used to be possible, with the ability to transfer a manuscript to another title if the author’s first choice doesn’t work out.” — at what price have you we bought into this “clear benefit” 🫠
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@kau Proliferating journals under the same corporate umbrella always struck me as having your cake and eating it too. “No, we don’t want your paper in your journal of choice, but we don’t want publishing fees or prestige to go to a competitor so here’s another less-relevant/crappier/catch-all journal for your consideration.”