From 14 October 2014 "ScienceInsider : Breaking news and analysis from the world of science policy"
The world of academic publishing is an oligarchy. Not only are the vast majority of highly cited papers authored by an elite 1% of scientists,
but a small group of elite journals also get the lion's share of
citations and media attention. But this rarified world is becoming more
egalitarian, according to a study released 9 October by the team that
develops Google Scholar, the free literature search engine now used by
virtually every scientist in the world. The study is the strongest
evidence yet that the dominance of the elite journals is eroding, thanks
in part to how much easier it has become for scientists to find and
cite obscure but relevant papers.
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