> Fear of being denied promotion and tenure is hardly a "pretty sorry
> excuse." That disciplinary mechanism is responsible for a whole lot
> of dysfunctions in academia. WRT to publications, it's quite common
> that Dean's and such look at journal impact ratings. It's a rather
> large leap of faith to publish in the absence of
> those "objective" measures of "high quality publishing outlets" and
> you can't leave it to individual junior faculty to negotiate this.
>
> Any move to open publishing has to address this issue head on,
> rather than dismiss it. It's a BIG issue.
You're absolutely right, and I certainly didn't mean to imply that it
wasn't an issue, but only to suggest that it's no longer an excuse
for doing nothing. Other disciplines have been successfully attacking
the issue, so why aren't we?
Darrell
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