> Many hiring decisions in academia still rely strongly on the reputation of journals where applicants published.
This is very weird to me. It seems to me like a variant of the 'argument from authority' fallacy. Publications should be judged on their content, not on who owns the printing press.
This is very weird to me. It seems to me like a variant of the 'argument from authority' fallacy. Publications should be judged on their content, not on who owns the printing press.