The Developing World Needs More Than Numbers
Policymakers should read the contents of published papers and not just count them, says Dyna Rochmyaningsih.
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Novel Processes and Metrics for a Scientific Evaluation
In this approach, the goal of a scientist is transformed from convincing an editorial board through a vertical process to convincing peers through an horizontal one.
The Importance of Being REF-Able: Academic Writing Under Pressure from a Culture of Counting
The Importance of Being REF-Able: Academic Writing Under Pressure from a Culture of Counting
Research on academics’ writing practices has revealed tensions around the ways in which managerial practices interact with academics’ individual career goals, disciplinary values and sense of scholarly identity.
How Many Grains of Salt Must We Take When Looking at Metrics?
Authors want to know about citations, downloads, and impact metrics. This post reviews common metrics and explores the limitations inherent in each.
Incentivizing Data Sharing in Medical Research With the S-Index
This viewpoint proposes using a sharing index or S-index to measure investigators’ engagement in sharing research data.
Scientific 'Cartels' Band Together to Cite Each Others' Work
A small number of scientists band together to reference each other’s work, gaming the citation system to make their studies appear to be more important.
Citations Cartels An Emerging Problem in Scientific Publishing
Groups of authors citing each other is becoming an issue in scientific publishing. With a new approach, researchers discuss how to identify the problem.
Simple and Declarative Titles Are More Likely To Be in the Altmetric Top 100
The Changing Role of Non‐English Papers in Scholarly Communication
The Changing Role of Non‐English Papers in Scholarly Communication
Evidence from Web of Science showing that English is increasingly being used as the dominating language from natural sciences and social sciences to arts and humanities.
Health Issues Topped the List of Scientific Studies Reaching Wide Audiences in 2016
Health care policy, space and evolution led the way.
The Journal Impact Factor Should Not Be Discarded
The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) has been heavily criticized over decades. This opinion piece argues that the JIF should not be demonized. It still can be employed for research evaluation purposes by carefully considering the context and academic environment.
Exploring CiteScore, Elsevier's New Journal Impact Metrics
Elsevier explains the thought process behind its new journal impact metrics.
Altmetric's Top 100 Research Articles for 2016
What academic research caught the public imagination in 2016?
CiteScore–Flawed But Still A Game Changer
The real innovation of CiteScore is not another performance metric, but a new marketing model focused on editors.
What Do We Know?
A look at the literature reveals shortcomings in the way OA and subscription models are being compared and suggests how future studies could build on existing research to provide a more accurate picture
Comparing Impact Factor and Scopus CiteScore
A preliminary analysis of the new Elsevier's CiteScore journal metric.
Tool to Access Bibliometrics for Papers Associated with a Portfolio
iCite allows users ti upload the PubMed IDs of articles of interest, optionally grouping them for comparison. It then displays the number of articles, articles per year, citations per year, and Relative Citation Ratio, a field-normalized metric that shows the citation impact of one or more articles relative to the average NIH-funded paper.
Wiley Becomes First Major Publisher to Require ORCID IDs for Submitting Authors
Wiley Becomes First Major Publisher to Require ORCID IDs for Submitting Authors
John Wiley & Sons Inc. announced today plans to require ORCID iDs as part of the manuscript submission process for a large number of journals. Beginning in winter 2016, more than 500 Wiley journals using ScholarOne Manuscripts will require the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID identifier (iD) when submitting a manuscript. Wiley is proud to be the first major publisher to join other stakeholders that have signed ORCID’s open letter.
Why Research Papers Have So Many Authors
Scientific publications are getting more and more names attached to them
Evaluating the Non-academic Impact of Academic Research
Evaluation of academic research plays a significant role in government efforts to steer public universities. The scope of such evaluation is now being extended to include the ‘relevance’ or ‘impact’ of academic research outside the academy. We address how evaluation of non-academic research impact can promote more such impact without undermining academic freedom and research excellence.
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