Universities have disinvested from their presses just as much as their libraries

Re:Universities have disinvested from their presses just as ... by harimau777 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @03:41PM (#37694709)

Publishing in high impact factor journals is a big deal. At the very least, I think that the powers that be would have to implement guarantees that publishing in a lower impact factor campus publication wouldn't hurt a researcher's chances of receiving tenure.

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Re:Universities have disinvested from their presses just as ... by aleph_minus_one on Thursday September 28, 2023 @05:21PM (#37696050)

> At the very least, I think that the powers that be would have to implement guarantees that publishing in a lower impact factor campus publication wouldn't hurt a researcher's chances of receiving tenure.

This honestly sounds like something that should be doable by the university.

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Re:Universities have disinvested from their presses just as ... by jasonfarnon on Thursday September 28, 2023 @06:04PM (#37696479)

Remember that many of the decision-makers are academics with great publishing records. They succeeded at the game and don't want to rules to be changed.

Also, just practically, the journals help a lot in assessing candidates. Even in fields just adjacent to mine, I might trust an endorsement by a good journal over my own judgments. Often I know the work of the editors there and value their judgment. Chasing after highest impact factor journal publications has its problems, but I haven't seen better proposals.

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