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摘要

What if scientific journals were like hotels, restaurants and holiday operators - easy to compare online and reviewed by those who use them? That thought occurred to conservation biologist Neal Haddaway two years ago: frustrated by a bad experience publishing his work with a journal he prefers not to name, he decided to launch Journalysis.org, a journal-review site that he likens to Trip Advisor. "I wanted to basically reward the journals that were doing a good job and, within reason, name and shame the ones that weren't doing so well," he says.