@olaf_brandtJun 17, 2024
#Scopus #unbrauchbar
How a widely used ranking system ended up with three fake journals in its top 10 philosophy list – Retraction Watch
https://retractionwatch.com/2024/06/12/how-a-widely-used-ranking-system-ended-up-with-three-fake-journals-in-its-top-10-philosophy-list/?s=09
How a widely used ranking system ended up with three fake journals in its top 10 philosophy list

Tomasz Żuradzki Recently our philosophy faculty at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, like many institutions around the world, introduced a ranking of journals based on Elsevier’s Scopus database t…

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Show threadMike MorrisonJun 17, 2024
@olaf_brandt didn’t realize that universities needed these ranking heuristics for hiring so much that they’d INVENT new ranks! Should we just accept that there’s a need to boil faculty down to a number and figure out the right number, or have you seen a better way?
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@mikemorrison And: 42!
Jun 24, 2024 at 5:24pmWeb