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Where do you publish your papers? Are you evaluated through publications?

I am partly evaluated through my publications. Teaching, administration, etc..., everything counts. I usually publish in JHEP (open access), EPJC (open access), PLB (open access), and more rarely in PRD (soon open access).

All my publications are in addition available for free on the arxiv.

Maybe it is the lesser focus on papers. If the other things are taken into account and are responsible for a good share of your evaluation, the paper problem is not so pressing. In biology, only high impact factor papers get you jobs and money, thus creating a lot tension in the publishing field. And of course, somthing like that quickly gets monetized...