multilevel evaluation system centred on research quality”
“This provides crucial support for moving beyond the dominance of the #impactfactor – a measure of citations published within a given journal over a fixed period – paper counts, while enhancing China’s academic voice,” he said.
Rather than simply counting citations, the #DongbiIndex assesses their quality, constructing a citation network based on the assumption that high-quality papers cite work published in similarly strong journals.
China launches Dongbi Index to challenge impact factor dominance
Chinese researchers have introduced a new methodology for evaluating medical and life science journals that moves beyond the traditional reliance on journal impact factors, in a development seen as part of wider efforts to strengthen the country’s “academic discourse power”.
According to the South China Morning Post two new #DongbiIndex journal lists – covering 4,027 medical and 3,064 life science titles –
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