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JegElskerGud t1_jb0f7bb wrote

Reply to comment by Wazzok1 in Researchers in Vietnam Discovered That Two Deer Antlers Languishing in Museum Storage Are Actually 2,000-Year-Old Musical Instruments by NotTRYINGtobeLame

That is quite common. Just in the last decade there was a journal pushing for more of the Dead Sea Scrolls to get published.

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Wazzok1 t1_jb0grnf wrote

It's just so sad at how little a single archeologist can do in their careers, and like everyone they only get one life. Added onto that the dwindling number of jobs in the field... How is archeology going to survive if it takes a decade to get "yeah this deer antler is an instrument" published?

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anish714 t1_jb1d7w1 wrote

What is the bottle neck?

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explorerofbells t1_jb1nrx1 wrote

You have to go to grad school and then it pays poorly

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anish714 t1_jb2563b wrote

Thanks, my question was what is the bottle neck in getting research published.

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highlander_net t1_jb2r94t wrote

Its not free, cost a lot. Why? dont know, the publishers ask for a lot of money even on digital journals.

The people who make peer review dont get any money for that review.

So who know why is so expensive? greedy.

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Great_Hamster t1_jb5aqgk wrote

Wait, you're saying that even decent archeology journals are pay-to-publish?

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