What do you get if you publish a paper in a highly-ranked journal?
I live in this field now. I refuse to publish in so-called &quot;highly-ranked journals&quot; that take 3-6 months to find peers to review and referee your work, drag their feet, and basically amount to a ridiculous group of cronies that guard the gates of &quot;science.&quot;<p>I&#x27;ve talked about it before on HN but I will only publish to open access and <i>open data</i> (most important) journals that require all data be scrubbed of PII and published alongside the paper for replication purposes. I highly favor journals that not only allow, but encourage replication (yes, many elite journals cite &quot;novelty&quot; as a top factor regarding publication decisions... embarrassing).<p>Science should be freely available, open access, open data, and replicable. Otherwise it isn&#x27;t science. It&#x27;s primarily garbage that exists to advance the careers and egos of a select few.