Jif Is Making a Big Change to Its Fan-Loved Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is a timeless pantry staple. Whether you enjoy it with an apple to dip, on a sandwich with jelly or even bananas Elvis-style, in cookies, or simply by the spoonful (we don’t judge), there’s likely a jar of peanut butter in every one of our…
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"Most researchers would receive more recognition if assessed by article-level metrics than by journal-level metrics."
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.3003532
PS: It's important to add that article-level metrics are preferable anyway. This is true whether we use citation metrics to measure impact or misuse them to measure quality.
Are authors fairly judged by assessment of the prestige of the journals in which their work is published? This study compares article level metrics with journal level metrics, finding that the vast majority of influential papers are published in lower tier journals, and that more authors, regardless of demographics, would be better recognized with article level data.
Il CNRS francese, dopo aver abbandonato Scopus (Elsevier), sospenderà a fine anno anche gli abbonamenti al padre di tutti i database bibliometrici commerciali, Clarivate Analytics, in seno al quale fu concepito nel secolo scorso – quando l’azienda si chiamava ISI – il fattore d’impatto. Così, mentre in Italia vigono ancora rigide soglie bibliometriche per accedere a commissioni e […]
https://aisa.sp.unipi.it/il-cnrs-si-libera-dal-journal-impact-factor/
"We present DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology, evolutionary biology and archaeology (https://dafnee.isem-evolution.fr/). DAFNEE includes information on over 600 journals (co)run by academic or non-profit institutions, aiming at helping to keep publishing funds within the academic community. The database details these journal’s business models, article processing charges, citation rates and partnerships. We show that DAFNEE journals compare favourably to non-DAFNEE ones in terms of editorial and financial policy, while offering similar citation rates."
https://academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jeb/voaf143/8325101
PS: I like this idea and hope that researchers in other fields will work on their own versions. The job could be done badly. But if done well, the big plus is that promotion and tenure committees would have (new) good reasons to shift to more academic-friendly criteria and away from a narrow focus on brand, prestige, and metrics like impact factor.
patch - The Chaotic Rise of Internet's Favourite Format [GIF]
Update. This new study confirms those above by showing that "low-JIF [journal impact factor] journals are often primary sources for much applied work of narrow regional or taxonomic interest essential for successful intervention on the ground."
PS: I repeat, cockeyed emphasis on high-JIF publication is another factor endangering species.
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