Episode #15: "The academic publishing system" with Dr. Christian Kuttner

Christian Kuttner did his PhD at the University of Bayreuth and continued as a postdoc and Marie Curie Fellow at the IPF Dresden and the University of San Sebastian, before he joined the Springer Nature Group and became an Editor at Nature Communications. In this episode, he shares with us the reasons why he switched from 'content creation to content curation', and what the actual role of academic journals is. We also discuss, why publishing in certain journals like Nature or Science costs money, what you as an author should do when you want to publish in Nature, and how the future of academic publishing will look like. The key messages you will find in this episode are: 📓 What is the purpose of journals and why does it cost (a lot of) money? 📓 What skills are helpful to become an editor? 📓 How to write a Nature paper? 📓 What is a predatory journal and how to identify them? 📓 How will publishing look like in the future? Tune in for a great overview of how the academic publishing system works and what it takes to become a scientific editor at a high rank journal. If you have any questions left, or if you disagree with some of our opinions, let us know in the comment section or simply reach out to me (LinkedIn, X, or Instagram).