Unreplicable: The Unscientific Nature of Science Journals

Authors

Ernest M. Oleksy, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Abstract

Academia shapes the way our species looks at veracity and defines what is deemed as well-founded science. The platform for researchers to make their work known is academic journals. The prerogative of these journals is to disseminate technically sound work so that the public may be informed of up-to-date advances in scientific fields. However, these journals are products on the market whose ultimate purpose is to garner a following that will make the producers money. This results in research that does not have statistically significant findings, or replications of past experiments which are integral to supporting the findings of the initial findings, to rarely get published. This friction between doing what is scientifically feasible versus what is fiscally feasible results in necessary components of a holistic literature to be abandoned.

Recommended Citation

Oleksy, Ernest M.. "Unreplicable: The Unscientific Nature of Science Journals." The Downtown Review. Vol. 3. Iss. 2 (2016) .
Available at: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/tdr/vol3/iss2/3