Maybe you do that.

But my HR department which made me write "publish X papers in top-tier journals (see list)" as a condition in my probation agreement most certainly does not.

And alas, as long as I'm under probation, their opinion carries far more weight in the debate than any moral argument you could come up with.

Yes I do that, thank you.

Thanks for clearly stating how journal prestige is harmful to academics and scientists.

I didn't say I disagreed with you, let alone I approve of this situation.

The point was that utopian idealism that ignores reality on the ground is not as useful as you might think.

Your comment was as useful as me saying if I was president I'd give people free money.

> It's called reading the paper and applying judgement.

Many important papers these days are interdisciplinary. Like, medical students doing bioinformatics and data analysis. But it’s impossible to be proficient in all the methods. So, many parts of these papers are impossible to assess for a wide audience, trust and faith in a journal quality becomes most important.

I don't do my science by faith.

Then you probably don’t do science in 2023.

In some fields, there are thousands of submissions daily to Arxiv. Good luck staying up to date.

When was the last time you were hired like that?

About 8 months ago :)