Stanford professor: papers are dead as a measure of productivity as top-venue odds go random
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-21
Stanford professor Anshul Kundaje declares "it is the end of papers as a measure of productivity, expertise or accomplishment": the odds of publishing in "glam" conferences and journals are approaching random, and gatekeeping review times are growing exponentially. A commenter adds that half of senior scientists still haven't tried preprints, while others have already moved past papers entirely — a sign of the credibility crisis in academic publishing in the AI era.
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