Without reliable publishing, why be a scientist?
The cost of publishing problems could put off a generation of researchers
I chose to study a PhD because I enjoy the tantalising unknown of research. I never imagined it could be so demoralising. Today, students are forced to approach an unfamiliar topic and are expected to grapple with a literature so vast, incomprehensible and unreliable – bordering outright ridiculous – that reading can be a real chore. It’s not the students at fault: it’s the quality of the research.