It was incredibly, unbelievably painful – like getting a paper cut in the most intimate part of your body, only 1,000 times worse".
But instead of getting a paper diploma, the fellows will graduate with a portfolio of skills they've acquired, business development deals they've closed, marketing materials they've created and products they've built, in addition to 5 to 10 recommendations.
By that standard, the Soros pledge is big enough to persuade 463 young economists to take a break from their next shot at getting a paper into a journal and spend some time rethinking economics instead.
Now while I do support Open Access and the push towards this, there's a ton of ways of getting a paper you really do want if they are not in OA journals.
While the fraudulent papers may be relatively few, he went on, their rapid increase is a sign of a winner-take-all culture in which getting a paper published in a major journal can be the difference between heading a lab and facing unemployment.
"I called him a few days ago, because I care about him and I wish him a very quick recovery," he said, taking the view that compulsively sending pictures of your baggy white pants to various interchangeable blonde women is a minor ailment, like catching the flu or getting a paper cut.
