Just to clarify that I still included the results of that paper in the thesis, just that I couldn't submit a thesis with just papers + intro because this paper didn't count for the minimum
It's even crazier in Spain when I was there
All "productivity assessments" (for pay increase) and promotions as PI were based on within-field ranking and if a paper was not 25% or something like that it didn't count. So my j neurophysiol paper also didn't count 1/2
This leads to many people identifying (pseudo)predatory journals within their fields and just publishing there. And who can blame them? People need permanent jobs and enough money to afford a house etc
That’s exactly right. Predatory journals are just an effect of idiotic evaluation schemes. Publishers like MDPI effectively charge money for trolling Clarivate.
Indeed... And many people end up choosing to submit there instead of non for profit society journals and those journals start decaying and may disappear...
PS this is also bad for "the system" because often these journals charge a lot for publishing so the system as a whole is optimizing itself to waste money...
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Just to clarify that I still included the results of that paper in the thesis, just that I couldn't submit a thesis with just papers + intro because this paper didn't count for the minimum
All "productivity assessments" (for pay increase) and promotions as PI were based on within-field ranking and if a paper was not 25% or something like that it didn't count. So my j neurophysiol paper also didn't count 1/2