It&#x27;s hard to explain how important the journals are for a scientists. It&#x27;s not even the effect that a paper in Nature is (in some disciplines) the fastest way to tenure. It&#x27;s got an even bigger psychological factor: If you get into Science, you frame it and hang it on the most prominent wall in your living room or office. With a Nobel too rare to practically hope for, this system is the only reward all those mice-conditioning mice are conditioned to.