Judging Journals: How Impact Factor and Other Metrics Differ across Disciplines
Authors : Quinn Galbraith, Alexandra Carlile Butterfield, Chase Cardon Given academia’s frequent use of publication metrics and the inconsistencies in metrics a...
Étiquette : scholarly journals
Roles and Responsibilities for Peer Reviewers of International Journals
Author : Carol Nash There is a noticeable paucity of recently published research on the roles and responsibilities of peer reviewers for international journals....
How do journals deal with problematic articles. Editorial response of journals to articles commented in PubPeer
Authors : José-Luis Ortega, Lorena Delgado-Quirós The aim of this article is to explore the editorial response of journals to research articles that may contain...
The Issues with Journal Issues: Let Journals Be Digital Libraries
Author : C. Sean Burns Science depends on a communication system, and today, that is largely provided by digital technologies such as the internet and web. Desp...
Do open-access dermatology articles have higher citation counts than those with subscription-based access?
Authors : Fangyi Xie, Sherief Ghozy, David F. Kallmes, Julia S. Lehman Background Open-access (OA) publishing is increasingly prevalent in dermatology, and many...
The Twitter accounts of scientific journals: a dataset
Author : Andreas Nishikawa-Pacher Twitter harbours dense networks of academics, but to what extent do scientific journals use that platform? This article introd...
Comparison of Study Results Reported in medRxiv Preprints vs Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Authors : Guneet Janda, Vishal Khetpal, Xiaoting Shi, Joseph S. Ross, Joshua D. Wallach Question What is the concordance among sample size, primary end points, ...