Inferring the causal effect of journals on citations
Author : Vincent Traag Articles in high-impact journals are by definition more highly cited on average. But are they cited more often because the articles are s...
Étiquette : research evaluation
Meta-Research: Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations
Authors : Erin C McKiernan, Lesley A Schimanski, Carol Muñoz Nieves, Lisa Matthias, Meredith T Niles, Juan P Alperin We analyzed how often and in what ways the ...
Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations
Authors : Erin C. McKiernan, Lesley A. Schimanski, Carol Muñoz Nieves, Lisa Matthias, Meredith T. Niles, Juan Pablo Alperin The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) was...
Outcomes and Impacts of Development Interventions: Toward Conceptual Clarity
Authors : Brian Belcher, Markus Palenberg The terms “outcome” and “impact” are ubiquitous in evaluation discourse. However, there are many competing definitions...
Plus ou moins open : les revues de rang A en Sciences de l’information et de la communication
Auteurs/Authors : Joachim Schöpfel, Hélène Prost, Amel Fraisse Selon une étude récente, presque la moitié des articles publiés par des chercheurs français sont ...
L’obsession de la productivité et la fabrique du chercheur publiant
Auteur/Author : Franck Aggeri À quoi rêvent les jeunes doctorants en gestion lorsqu’ils débutent leur thèse ? Leurs aspirations ne diffèrent pas fondament...
Scholarly Communication Librarians’ Relationship with Research Impact Indicators: An Analysis of a National Survey of Academic Librarians in the United States
Authors: Rachel Ann Miles, Stacy Konkiel, Sarah Sutton INTRODUCTION Academic librarians, especially in the field of scholarly communication, are often expected ...