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However, the review did not raise many criticisms, starting with the opacity of its functioning. Sébastien Soriano / Le Figaro
Like other major scientific journals such as Nature and Sciencethe English magazine The Lancet has a funny relationship with the scientific community. The articles published in this prestigious journal are authoritative, and very few are those who question the quality of the editorial work. Sign a article in the Lancet so is the evidence that we has produced a work of quality. And in the light of the operation of the international search, it is guaranteed to give a boost to his “h-index” (which quantifies the productivity and impact of a researcher according to the level of citations of his publications), so to his career.
However, the review did not raise many criticisms, starting with the opacity of its functioning. The side of his funding : “It is the flagship of the Reed Elsevier group, which carries out the largest profit margins in the world of scientific publishing, tells the story of Hervé Maisonneuve, physician and referral integrity
