What perpetuates the prestigous-journal practice are review and hiring committees, often swayed by journals themselves through various means, which hold the true power.
Changing institutions, particularly academic ones, is difficult. Far more often, splinter groups are formed.
Schism at Balognia resulted in Padua. Schism at Oxford resulted in Cambridge. I believe there may have been a similar dynamic between Harvard and Yale. Arguably the same might be said of Harvard's failure to cultivate an engineering curriculum, and hence M.I.T.
Though it might be interesting to look at academic disciplines and institutions and identify which are most controlled by journals. I suspect business, medicine, and law would be near the top of such a list.
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What perpetuates the prestigous-journal practice are review and hiring committees, often swayed by journals themselves through various means, which hold the true power.
Changing institutions, particularly academic ones, is difficult. Far more often, splinter groups are formed.
Schism at Balognia resulted in Padua. Schism at Oxford resulted in Cambridge. I believe there may have been a similar dynamic between Harvard and Yale. Arguably the same might be said of Harvard's failure to cultivate an engineering curriculum, and hence M.I.T.
Though it might be interesting to look at academic disciplines and institutions and identify which are most controlled by journals. I suspect business, medicine, and law would be near the top of such a list.