The life of a Nature paper

From submission to citation, see a manuscript pass through Nature's editorial process.

For information on submitting a paper to Nature, go to http://www.nature.com/authors/index.html

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[notreveh]

Just forgot to mention the high amount of money that researchers have to spend to see their papers published.

[iSOisoleucine]

If you don't care, don't impede the work of scientists who actually use the laboratory.

[MrNarutolover99]

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[AlentejoAlentejo]

Willkommen in der realen Welt der wissenschaftlichen Kommunikation!

[Brian Schlining]

Peer review != Censorship

Nature decides if the content is appropriate for their publication (e.g. Is the research interesting for a broad science audience? Is the research of outstanding scientific importance). If it's appropriate they submit it to peer-review. The paper is then given to several scientists who are experts in the topic that the paper is about. These scientists can say things like "Hey this is great", or "you need [insert statistic or analysis or other changes]".

[EDmz1984]

@1:34 Quantum entanglement in Dendrolagus bennetianus :) (i.e. tree kangaroo)

[dionstrezlecki]

Naive. Watch Kary Mullis on here. I say that for you. I dont care. Dont respond.

[iSOisoleucine]

Scientific journals once again, publish RESEARCH not NEWS. And they publish research that is academically inclined, complete with citations, evidence, graphs, charts, and other proper tools needed to justify a thesis. They may publish something that could challenge dogma, but only if the work is significant and has an extensive researched background.

[dionstrezlecki]

They avoid publishing ANYTHING that would challenge dogma/jobs/salaries.

[iSOisoleucine]

Its not worth the time investment to publish it. The purpose of Nature and other various science journals are not to be a general news source for science. They are there to publish, archive, and present research that has a harsh academic background. We may not know of "HIV" myth, neodarwinian myth, big bang myths, but one thing is for sure. Journals don't publish it because its not their purpose. And plus, those ideas are already widely accepted by the scientific community.