A study of the academic publication process concludes that about 50% of papers generated by professors are not read by anyone beyond the academic journal that publish the work in the first place.
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Like an episode of Hoarders.
So “Publish or parish” is more lefty BS?
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Don’t invest in toilet paper companies.
Where creativity and innovation go to die.
Guess who pays for all that researching, publishing, laboratory, post-doctoral student stipends, etc?
Grants from the government; your wallet, your kids’ future.
Well, duh. Most of that is never read by anyone. The only reason it’s written in the first place is some the author can list it on his CV.
Welcome to modern academia.
I’m willing to bet that well over 50% of this rubbish is not read out of academia.
I’m also willing to bet that 50% of that figure isn’t read by anyone!
Oh, and who, exactly, are the one’s raping Gaia with this outpouring of tree offal?
Libtard ‘Professors’, hmmmmmm?
All that wasted paper! The trees!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmTNJdgZWhM
Oh the humanity!
My first and only thought is “no sh*t.”
Once you also exclude the author’s mother, the percentage drops to less than 1% read.
I knew a Post-Doc who spent a week debunking a Professor’s paper, and when the Post-Doc confronted the Professor with it, the Professor said: “I published that nearly 6 weeks ago … why are you wasting your time on that?”