LK-99 isn’t a superconductor – how science sleuths solved the mystery

Re:LK-99 isn’t a superconductor – how science sleuths solved... by pbmonster on Thursday August 17, 2023 @03:33AM (#37158395)

> arxiv.org has had the best exposure it's likely to get in years. The more that publish there, the fewer who publish behind firewalls

We're talking about condensed matter physics here, arxiv needs zero exposure in this field. It is extremely common to publish on arxiv first and only then begin the process of submitting the same manuscript to be published (and peer reviewed) in a journal.

And while there are still some authors that skip over publishing pre-prints at all, there's no serious arxiv competitor if you do decide to publish pre-prints. It is a de-facto monopoly in this field.

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Re:LK-99 isn’t a superconductor – how science sleuths solved... by hilbert42 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @09:12AM (#37161034)

True, but it's given the site more exposure in the general sense, it's now quoted by outlets that probably hadn't heard of it before this 'excitement'. (That can only help in the long run, one day Elbakyan mightn't need to do what she does.)

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