Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
BMC Med. 2019 Jan 18;17(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s12916-019-1249-1.
Where should I submit my paper? This is a question that young scientists and trainees frequently ask. In this Commentary, we advise on how to make such a decision whilst balancing the risks and benefits. We argue that trying to publish in top tier journals may not always be the best option and that publishing in indexed, open access journals may expose research to the same or larger audiences. The value of research should not be judged according to the publishing journal's name, but rather from other measures of impact such as successful commercialization of new technologies, number of citations, and downloads. We also highlight the role of mentors, who have the responsibility to protect the long-term interests of their trainees by balancing the consequences of acceptances and rejections.
我应该将我的论文投稿到哪里?这是年轻科学家和研究人员经常问的一个问题。在这篇评论中,我们建议在权衡风险和收益的情况下做出这样的决定。我们认为,在顶级期刊上发表论文并不总是最佳选择,而在索引、开放获取期刊上发表论文可能会使研究成果被更多或更大的受众看到。研究的价值不应该根据出版期刊的名称来判断,而应该根据其他影响力指标来判断,如新技术的成功商业化、引用次数和下载次数。我们还强调了导师的作用,他们有责任通过平衡接受和拒绝的后果来保护学生的长期利益。