ALL OVER THE WORLD INDIAN RESEARCHERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, OTHERS EXPERTS MAY FOLLOW OF GIVE THIR PRECIOUS WORDS.
He said that these are highly prestigious journals. A publication in either of these journals can cement a scientific reputation, advance academic rank and significantly boost one's status (and academics do crave status).
These two journals are not tightly bound to any specific discipline like biochemistry or immunology and thus find a somewhat more general readership. For example, published research in Science or Nature is often picked up by the media and given considerable coverage and distribution. This, too, academics love.
I imagine that the acceptance rate at both journals is below 10%. Most submissions are probably "desk rejected" (i.e., the editor will wisely decide not to waste a reviewer's time). If the article does have merit, it will go through a rigorous review process, which most articles will not withstand.
The pecking order among high-status academic journals now is often gauged by a so-called impact factor, itself a measure of how frequently the journal articles get referenced or cited. Both Nature and Science have very big impact factors -- very close to the top of the heap. In this respect they are comparable to top medical journals like the The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.
Kapil Bhatt - Thank you for your question and the discussion you started. Journals with top impact factors such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology usually invite top researchers to submit reviews. Although these reviews undergo peer review, they are most likely end being accepted for publication. This approach enables the editors always to publish top reviews. We know that reviews and systematic reviews and meta-analysis are the types of articles that attract top citations.
You cannot say overlooking. Nature and Science, being two much sought after journals, receive numerous manuscripts. They have a rigorous scrutiny mechanism to select quality papers. These journal establishments y employ full time editors to look into these aspects. Papers published in these journals are noticed and critiqued all over the world and any flaw in the papers published in these journals are taken seriously. If the articles from India have originality and some breakthroughs I am sue they will not reject them simply because they are from India!
C George Thomas
Dear Prof. thanks for your input. I was search out since long time regarding the articles related to Indian Institutes/University but could not find sufficient one.
Hope you could share some link etc. to help me out for the same.
Regards
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