The Parameter That Matters the Most in Physics

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In many academic fields, your papers are just evaluated by which journals they appear in. In physics, the main journals like Physical Review D have super really good papers and also extremely boring one of the mill papers in them. So it's less important to go for those prestige journals in physics than in other fields. It does matter how imaginative or non-mainstream your paper is. But interesting papers are more likely to get rejected.

Welcome to the November 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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