Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
mathstodon.xyz is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A Mastodon instance for maths people. We have LaTeX rendering in the web interface!

Administered by:

Server stats:

3K
active users

mathstodon.xyz: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.7

#impactfactor

1 post1 participant0 posts today
Public
IGB Library

#MycoKeys #Pensoft #Bibliometrics #impactfactor #mycology

Nilsson RH, et al. (20 Nov 2024):

20 years of bibliometric data illustrates a lack of concordance between journal impact factor and fungal species discovery in systematic mycology.

MycoKeys 110: 273-285.

doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.110.1

#IGB colleague Alice Retter involved

MycoKeys20 years of bibliometric data illustrates a lack of concordance between journal impact factor and fungal species discovery in systematic mycologyJournal impact factors were devised to qualify and compare university library holdings but are frequently repurposed for use in ranking applications, research papers, and even individual applicants in mycology and beyond. The widely held assumption that mycological studies published in journals with high impact factors add more to systematic mycology than studies published in journals without high impact factors nevertheless lacks evidential underpinning. The present study uses the species hypothesis system of the UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi and other eukaryotes to trace the publication history and impact factor of sequences uncovering new fungal species hypotheses. The data show that journal impact factors are poor predictors of discovery potential in systematic mycology. There is no clear relationship between journal impact factor and the discovery of new species hypotheses for the years 2000–2021. On the contrary, we found journals with low, and even no, impact factor to account for substantial parts of the species hypothesis landscape, often discovering new fungal taxa that are only later picked up by journals with high impact factors. Funding agencies and hiring committees that insist on upholding journal impact factors as a central funding and recruitment criterion in systematic mycology should consider using indicators such as research quality, productivity, outreach activities, review services for scientific journals, and teaching ability directly rather than using publication in high impact factor journals as a proxy for these indicators.
Public *
El Duvelle

Following up on the #eLife / #Clarivate saga, DORA has posted a statement:
sfdora.org/2024/11/25/clarivat

extracts:

"This development reinforces how a commercial entity such as Clarivate, can, through its ownership of scholarly databases and indices, hold the academic community to ransom. Clarivate’s announcement is disappointing as it both punishes innovation in peer review and disregards the important role of authors in deciding how and where their research should be published."

"As funders and institutions increasingly move away from using single metrics to assess research(ers), the role of Journal Impact Factors is becoming increasingly irrelevant."

"We therefore support eLife and encourage it to continue its innovation and encourage other journals to consider doing the same."

Go #eLife, Go AWAY #ImpactFactor!

DORA · Clarivate's actions regarding eLife: DORA's response | DORAThe Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.
#Academia#Publication#ScientificPublishers
Public
Charles Plessy

Breaking away from the pressure to bundle as many results together in the same manuscript in the quest for higher #impactFactor, we can write shorter articles, more frequently, more focused, easier to read and easier to #peerReview, easier for #AI to summarise, and most importantly, empowering young researchers to take the driving seat in publications instead of sucking their energy and efforts into long supplemental materials. Then let's write inspiring #review articles to summarise.

Public
renebekkers

De citatietellingen, impactfactoren en beurscompetities zijn fnuikend. Het wordt hoog tijd dat we voor kwaliteit kiezen, en het competitieve systeem achter ons laten.

#hogeronderwijs #impact #impactfactor #ranking #openscience Recognition & Rewards Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Science NL

advalvas.vu.nl/student-maatsch
Cartoon by Bas van der Schot

Cartoon by Bas van der Schot: a university professor in a traditional black toga with beret, sitting behind a grey desk littered with white tablets and colored pills and capsules, looking stressed
Public
Linna Lu

Seventeen journals lose impact factors for suspected citation manipulation

Clarivate, the company that calculates Journal Impact Factors #JIF based on #citations to articles, didn’t publish the #metric for 17 journals this year due to suspected citation manipulation.

jcr.help.clarivate.com/Content

retractionwatch.com/2024/06/27

jcr.help.clarivate.comTitle Suppressions
#Impactfactor#Journal
Public *
open-access.network

Videos im @TIB_AVPortal könnt ihr jetzt auch direkt auf #mastodon anschauen! 🥳
Wir sind begeistert und demonstrieren das gleich mal mit unserem aktuellsten Video dort zum Thema #Journal #impactfactor:
📽️ av.tib.eu/media/67070
Unsere komplette Videografie rund um #OpenAccess (🇩🇪/🇬🇧) findet ihr im AV-Portal hier: av.tib.eu/series/965/open+acce

av.tib.euWas ist das Problem mit dem Journal Impact Factor?Das Kurzvideo widmet sich dem Journal Impact Factor, seiner Entstehung und den Problemen, die auftreten können, wenn wissenschaftliche Forschung ausschließlich anhand quantitativer Indikatoren wie dem JIF bewertet wird. Das Video entstand im Rahmen des BMBF-geförderten Projekts open-access.network.
SearchLive feeds
About