Should We Be Rethinking the Scientific Publication?
Is the scientific publication, as we know it, dead? This was the central question behind the theme for this year’s DDEA Postdoc Summit Challenge. Researchers learn early on to think in terms of impact factors and citation metrics. In an overflowing ocean of scientific content, the pressure to make your publications matter seems higher than ever. Yet according to recent studies, the impact of Danish research has been on an overall steady decline, and papers are generally becoming less disrup...