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Nature 440, 408 (23 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440408d; Published online 22 March 2006

Research skewed by stress on highest-impact journals

Mark Maslin1

  1. Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1H 0AP, UK

Emilio Artacho, in Correspondence ("Reader-appeal should not outweigh merit of research" Nature 439, 534; 200610.1038/439534d), raises an important point concerning the growing tension between merit and appeal of research, and alludes to the increasing pressure on young scientists to publish in journals such as Nature.

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