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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

Variability, Irregular Publisher Metadata, and the Ongoing Evolution of Databases Complicates Reproducibility in Bibliometrics Research

Bibliometric databases are essential tools for research and publishing strategy. But the variability in how they parse publisher metadata and their constant evolution makes it difficult, if not impossible, to exactly reproduce any given piece of research.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 15, 2024
  • 5 Comments

Trust in Scholarly Publishing

How do we define, track, and measure trust in scholarly publishing?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Jan 9, 2024
  • 1 Comment

Guest Post: An Interview with Prof. Dr. Liying Yang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Mary Miskin offers an interview with Prof. Dr. Liying Yang, Director of the Scientometrics and Research Assessment Unit at the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who manages the Early Warning List and the CAS Journal Ranking.

  • By Mary Miskin
  • Dec 13, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Quantifying Consolidation in the Scholarly Journals Market

We all know the journals market has rapidly consolidated over recent years. But where’s the data? I set out to find some numbers to put behind the common sense.

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 30, 2023
  • 26 Comments

Guest Post – In Defense of Endogeny

While higher rates of endogeny can help indexes identify journals being used for self-promotion, nepotism, or other unethical ends, endogeny itself should not be equated with them and can be the result of a narrow or new field of research.

  • By Christopher Barnes, Reem Khamis, Yvette Hyter, Betty Yu
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • 3 Comments

Will New Clarivate Leadership Yield a Renewed Focus on Its Products?

Today, Clarivate has installed Bar Veinstein as president for Academic and Government, a move that should bring renewed focus to the product portfolio, writes Roger C. Schonfeld.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Apr 19, 2023
  • 3 Comments

Guest Post – Quantifying the Impact of the OSTP Policy

The new US policy on access to research publications suggests an acceleration in the shift toward open access. Christos Petrou examines what that would look like in different fields and for different journals.

  • By Christos Petrou
  • Sep 13, 2022
  • 10 Comments

Changing Journal Impact Factor Rules Creates Unfair Playing Field For Some

Some journals are expected to benefit immensely under Clarivate’s new counting model.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Feb 1, 2021
  • 14 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

Breaking News: Annette Thomas Leaves Clarivate

Breaking News Today: Following Clarivate’s public listing and a high level reorganization, Web of Science Group CEO Annette Thomas is departing

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Sep 23, 2019
  • 3 Comments

Will Publishers Have Platforms?

Publishers are losing online traffic on their own platforms. What does this mean for the future of the publisher site and the hosted platform companies?

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Feb 27, 2019
  • 17 Comments

In Latest Sign of Its Resurgence, Clarivate Acquires Kopernio

Today, Clarivate is announcing that it recently acquired Kopernio, a startup launched last year to streamline access to scholarly content.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Apr 10, 2018
  • 5 Comments

A New Citation Database Launches Today: Digital Science’s Dimensions

Breaking news today: Digital Science is launching a new citation index that includes a research analytics suite a modern article discovery and access experience. This new product, Dimensions, will offer stiff new competition for Elsevier and Clarivate.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Jan 15, 2018
  • 9 Comments

Nuts and Bolts: The Super Long List of Things to Do When Starting a New Journal     

Launching a new journal is a lot of work. This post looks at the basic “to do” list of logistical details that need to be done to successfully launch a new journal.

  • By Angela Cochran
  • Aug 4, 2016
  • 18 Comments

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