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Archives: Journal Impact Factor

Disruption As an End in Itself: eLife’s Suspension and DORA’s Response

DORA’s reaction to Clarivate’s decision to no longer fully index eLife (and, therefore, not to give it a Journal Impact Factor) seems inconsistent with both its and eLife’s public positions, and based on the mistaken belief that “disruption” is an absolute good in itself.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Nov 27, 2024
  • 26 Comments

How Related are Journal Impact and Research Impact?

Journal-level impact feeds academic impact, which in turn feeds broader impacts potential

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Apr 11, 2023
  • 15 Comments

Editors can’t spot talent. I’ve heard this joke before. It isn’t funny

Editors at The BMJ are lousy at predicting the citation performance of research papers. Or are they?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Dec 15, 2022
  • 3 Comments

Journal Citation Indicator. Just Another Tool in Clarivate’s Metrics Toolbox?

Can Clarivate deliver on a single, normalized measurement of citation impact or did its marketing department promise too much?

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 24, 2021
  • 2 Comments

Changes to Journal Impact Factor Announced for 2021

Starting 2021, Journal Impact Factors will be calcuated using online publication dates, not print ones. But phased roll-out may lead to bias for some journals.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Dec 7, 2020
  • 13 Comments

Skeletons In Their Closet: Clarivate Issues Editorial Concern But Takes No Further Action

A public allegation of citation manipulation among 5 journals deserves a public inquiry.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Dec 11, 2018
  • 11 Comments

How Traditional Publishing Works

Thus the defining property of traditional publishing is editorial selection. That is what publishing is about.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Sep 17, 2018
  • 50 Comments

How Much Editorial Misconduct Goes Unreported?

Editors are in a position of power to coerce authors to cite their journal and personal papers. Can algorithms help detect misconduct when authors and journal staff are unwilling to speak out?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 21, 2018
  • 8 Comments

Journal Growth Lowers Impact Factor

Phil Davis examines how publication timing can affect annual Journal Impact Factor scores.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 13, 2018
  • 13 Comments

Journals Lose Citations to Preprint Servers

Why do authors continue to cite preprints years after they’ve been formally published?

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 21, 2018
  • 60 Comments

The One-Percent Club For Top-Cited Papers

As an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor, editors propose an index that measures highly cited papers.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jul 31, 2017
  • 8 Comments

Does Journal Suppression Reduce Self-Citation?

Journal suppression is an effective tool for reducing high rates of self-citation, even years after a title is reintroduced.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 22, 2017
  • 3 Comments

Reverse Engineering JCR’s Self-Citation and Citation Stacking Thresholds

Now we know how suppression decisions are made, should metrics companies suppress titles at all or simply make the underlying data more transparent?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 5, 2017
  • 7 Comments

How Much Citation Manipulation Is Acceptable?

Is citation manipulation a moral problem or an accounting problem?

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 30, 2017
  • 15 Comments

Citation Performance Indicators — A Very Short Introduction

A brief summary of the main citation indicators used today.

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 15, 2017
  • 22 Comments

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