[OmicronCeti]

A typical PhD dissertation these days is 3 publications in high-quality journals. It is explicitly required at most schools.

[2Gkashmiri]

so there is "prestige" in getting in a reputed journal and not the fact that the paper is peer reviewed by good scientists. the reputation of the journal matters. cool.

isnt there a need of change in the "social ideology" of such schools and this whole elitism would go away?

[OmicronCeti]

journal prestige does not correlate with review quality. Usually it does, but then there's always reviewer 3...