Posted by Pat on October 23, 1999 at 18:30:15:
In Reply to: QJS posted by Tom on October 22, 1999 at 22:38:09:
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: I thought scientists judged things on evidence not the vanities of
: "prestige." But since you asked, yes it is without question
: the top journal in my field.
Pat: And yes, the quality and the standards of the journal will go a long way toward establishing the credibility of the research. Because the editors vary so much in their standards, articles in Nature, Lancet, or The New England Journal of Medicine have considerably more impact. Those published in journals unrelated to the subject are less impressive.
I would have thought that a thesis on history of science would have been submitted to a more appropriate journal than that. There are several that would be appropriate.