The Year in Review: 2022 in The Scholarly Kitchen
Before we launch into 2023, a look back at 2022 in The Scholarly Kitchen.
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?
Smorgasbord: A Better Metaphor for Publishing, Twitter/Musk, Equitable Access, and Those Vexing OACA Experimental Controls
A new type of post from us today, offering a smorgasbord of opinions on topics including the ongoing Twitter/Elon Musk saga, just what “equitable access” to the literature means, the ongoing lack of experimental controls in one area of bibliometric analysis, and whether journals are more like a gate or a sewer.
Still Ambiguous at Best? Revisiting “If We Don’t Know What Citations Mean, What Does it Mean When We Count Them”
If we don’t know what citations mean, what does it mean when we count them? Revisiting a 2015 (!) post in light of recent developments in citation metrics and impact.
The End of Journal Impact Factor Purgatory (and Numbers to the Thousandths)
Clarivate Analytics announced today that all journals in the Web of Science Core Collection will get Impact Factors raising questions about the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Further, Clarivate will only report Impact Factors to the first decimal devaluing journal rank in subject categories.
The Year in Review: 2021 in The Scholarly Kitchen
2021 was a year of rapid change in our community. Here, a look at the numbers for The Scholarly Kitchen for the past 365 days.
Unpacking The Altmetric Black Box
Article Attention Scores for papers don’t seem to add up, leading one to question whether Altmetric data are valid, reliable, and reproducible.
Revisiting — The Tyranny of Unintended Consequences: Richard Poynder on Open Access and the Open Access Movement
Looking back at Richard Poynder’s in-depth analysis of the state of open access. What’s changed since then?
More Unintended Consequences: How the Plan S Transformative Journal Route Favors Larger Incumbent Publishers
For smaller and independent publishers, the Transformative Journal route to Plan S compliance seems like a viable option. At least until you see the reporting requirements.
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?
Changing Journal Impact Factor Rules Creates Unfair Playing Field For Some
Some journals are expected to benefit immensely under Clarivate’s new counting model.
Guest Post — Evaluating Publishers as Partners with Libraries and Higher Education
Rachel Caldwell presents PAPPI, a proposed matrix for determining how well a publisher or vendor aligns with the mission of libraries.
The Year in Review: 2020 In The Scholarly Kitchen
What a strange year 2020 was, in so many ways. Here, a look at the numbers for The Scholarly Kitchen for the past 365 days.
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.
The Effect of a Strong Data Archiving Policy on Journal Submissions (Part II)
We revisit our analysis of how adopting a strict data policy affects journal submissions and find that the effects depend a lot on Impact Factor trends