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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 33, Issue 12, Pages -

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AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E22-04-0140

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [32100766, 82171416]

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While the process of publishing a scientific paper has become simpler, it is increasingly difficult to publish in high profile journals. There is a divide emerging between scientist-run journals and professionally-run high profile journals. The current standards of high profile journals may hinder the scientific discovery process.
Although the process of publishing a scientific paper has gotten simpler, it is increasingly difficult to publish a paper in high profile journals. We have analyzed the publishing data in the cell biology field and found several alarming trends developing over the last two decades. There is an emerging divide between scientist-run journals and professional-run high profile journals. How did this happen? What should we do? The core issue is whether the current standard for high profile journals hurts rather than helps the scientific discovery process. In this regard, we suggest that the editors and scientists should direct their focus on the potential impact and rigor of the work instead of the perfection or completeness of the study.

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