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On Monday, ScienceInsider posted a piece on a \href{http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2014/10/uprising-less-prestigious-journals-publishing-greater-share-high-impact?utm_campaign=email-news-latest}{massive meta-analysis} of the archives at Google Scholar.
The finding
Part of the reason for this sudden shift is digitization.
With the introduction of exactingly searchable research databases, the playing field is leveling for access and awareness of all tiers of journals, splashy-high-impact or otherwise.
Not mentioned, however, is the fact that fields
One more thing. Look at this graph:
With some crude analysis (I used my eyes as the data aren't readily available), it looks to me like these trends are generally not slowing down significantly. This means that as all researchers accept the marvels of IT
