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Academic Reputation Matters When It Comes To Getting Published

The Horizons Tracker

Reputation is pretty important in most spheres of life, so it’s perhaps no surprise that it’s equally so in academia. Recent research from the University of Innsbruck confirmed that better-known researchers had a much easier time getting published than their lesser-known peers.

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Researchers More Likely To Downplay Than Exaggerate Findings

The Horizons Tracker

They also wanted to discover whether claims made in the news differ depending on the reputability of the publication, and also between peer-reviewed journals and their less rigorous peers.

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How Media Coverage Affects Citation Numbers

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The researchers attempted to better understand the relationship between media reporting of a study, and its citation record in other peer-reviewed papers. They also factored in the reputation of both the authors of the paper and the journal they were published in.

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Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?

Harvard Business Review

For example, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk enjoy cult-like status and are widely regarded as modern tycoons of innovation. My focus was on peer-reviewed journal articles (academic papers) that included reliable measures of CEO attributes (e.g., This is particularly true when it comes to leaders and entrepreneurs.

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