Didier Ruedin4d ago
Taking journal glorification to a new level? From a newsletter announcing new research, the highlight was "Nature Portfolio" and journal rank. The only hint we get about the actual research is a generic title. #academia @sociology #publishing #impactfactor #career #signalling #journal #academicchatter
gmcsApr 24

RE: https://social.sciences.re/@TheMetaNews/116459109768327092

#PublierLaScience Très bon article pour faire le point sur l'indexation des revues dans le #WebOfScience et sur l' #impactfactor. Avec qq exemples de revues très prolixes (25 000 articles en 1 an!).. ou qui se citent elles-mêmes à 93%...

TheMetaNewsApr 24

🟢 Privées d'impact factor

Un indicateur central malgré ses défauts, dont le retrait peut faire voler en éclat la réputation d’une revue et peut-être la vôtre avec

https://themeta.news/ces-revues-qui-perdent-leur-impact-factor/

#VeilleESR #impactfactor

ndocistApr 19

La Chine développe de nouveaux indicateurs #scientometrics pour remplacer l' #impactfactor

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3348247/china-proposes-new-way-measure-academic-influence-departure-impact-factor

China proposes a departure from impact factor to measure academic influence

Chinese researcher says traditional measure of a paper’s citations is susceptible to manipulation and lacks Chinese perspective.

South China Morning Post
Show threadSTOPDISINFORMATIONApr 18

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.

STOPDISINFORMATIONApr 18

Weekend reads: An alternative to the #impactfactor in China; the clinical trials of six ‘superretractors’; Retraction Watch goes to Capitol Hill – #RetractionWatch

China proposes a new way to measure academic influence in a departure from impact factor.”

https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04/18/weekend-reads-alternative-impact-factor-china-clinical-trials-superretractors-retraction-watch-goes-to-capitol-hill/

Weekend reads: An alternative to the impact factor in China; the clinical trials of six ‘superretractors’; Retraction Watch goes to Capitol Hill

If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Scientist who alleged COVID cover-up circulated a faked NIH email, ag…

Retraction Watch
David GraylessMar 20
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B is a #peerreviewed #scientificJournal that covers research on several fields of material chemistry (macromolecules, soft matter, and #surfactants) as well as #statisticalMechanics, #thermodynamics, and #biophysicalChemistry. It has been published weekly since 1997 by the #AmericanChemicalSociety. According to the #JournalCitationReports, the journal had an #impactFactor of 3.5 for 2023. Due to the growing amount of research in the fields it covers.
ULB Münster › FachInfosMar 18
"Die fragwürdige Macht des Journal Impact Factors"
https://osl.hypotheses.org/22298
#ImpactFactor #IF #Zeitschriften #ResearchAssesment
Die fragwürdige Macht des Journal Impact Factors

Open-Science-Snack – ein Service der Universitätsbibliothek Freiberg

SLUB Open Science Lab
Tobias ZeumerNov 7, 2025

Bringt KI die Wissenschaft in Gefahr? - 3sat-Mediathek

https://www.3sat.de/wissen/nano/251104-sendung-bringt-ki-die-wissenschaft-in-gefahr-nano-100.html

"Es gibt immer mehr gefälschte Studien und Fake-Publikationen - auch in Fachzeitschriften. Künstliche Intelligenz macht das Fälschen leichter. "

Interview mit Bernhard Sabel (Dazu: Stockholmer Erklärung
Forschende fordern Reformen im Publikationssystem: https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/forschung/forschende-fordern-reformen-im-publikationssystem-7378)

#FakeScience #PaperMills #ImpactFactor #PublishOrPerish #jounsls #ki #ai #3SatNano #StockholmerErklärung #StockholmDeclaration

Bringt KI die Wissenschaft in Gefahr?

Es gibt immer mehr gefälschte Studien und Fake-Publikationen - und das sogar in Fachzeitschriften. Künstliche Intelligenz macht das Fälschen immer leichter.

3sat
Infodoc MicroVeilleOct 24, 2025

A pilot study investigating the relationship between journal impact factor and methodological quality of real-world observational studies

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/10/24/a-pilot-study-investigating-the-relationship-between-journal-impact-factor-and-methodological-quality-of-real-world-observational-studies/

#ImpactFactor #ResearchImpact #ResearchQuality #ScientificCommunication

A pilot study investigating the relationship between journal impact factor and methodological quality of real-world observational studies – InfoDoc MicroVeille