Just dump it in….
October 18, 2011
The notion that there is such a thing as a “dump journal” in your field should be treated like:
1) Fight Club
2) Beer goggles
Discuss.
DrugMonkey
biomedical research, just another job…
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biomedical research, just another job…
The notion that there is such a thing as a “dump journal” in your field should be treated like:
1) Fight Club
2) Beer goggles
Discuss.
DrugMonkey 
October 18, 2011 at 12:27 pm
3) A level-5 biohazard zone
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October 18, 2011 at 4:03 pm
As Voltaire said, one man’s dump journal is another man’s reach.
May not have been Voltaire, actually.
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October 18, 2011 at 7:12 pm
I have reviewed for some of these alleged “dump journals.” I can attest that there are some folks who lack even the ability to generate garbage worthy of the dump.
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October 19, 2011 at 3:28 am
Depends on why you are dumping the paper. If its because the results are crappy, then its best to keep it secret. If its because the results are solid but mundane, well there’s nothing wrong with a dump journal.
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October 19, 2011 at 4:08 am
We had a name for them: “Acta Retracta,” but some of those journals are perfectly good. Sometimes, you just can’t get the whole perfect story together because of time, graduation, expense, etc, or it’s just a good place to clear your lab notebook.
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October 19, 2011 at 5:04 am
So is that a vote for “Beer Goggles”, Namnezia?
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