Beyond the impact factor? Impact of scientific journals and research [VIDEO]
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Publication and acceptance times for over 3,000 journals
A blog this week provides a useful tool for examining “real-world” publication and acceptance times for more than 3,000 journals. The author of the blog initiated the research based on … Continue Reading Publication and acceptance times for over 3,000 journals
Challenges associated with #altmetrics: “attention is not impact”
A Wiley blog this week discusses the potential pitfalls associated with Altmetrics, including “the misappropriation of the term impact, the narrow scope of focus, and the potential goal displacement of … Continue Reading Challenges associated with #altmetrics: “attention is not impact”
New approaches to assessing medical publication impact in social media: Altmetric, Plum Analytics, and Augmented Reality
This poster was presented at the recent DIA 2015 meeting in Washington DC. To access the PDF of the article, then please click here.
2014 Journal Impact Factors
Impact factors and academic careers: insights from a postdoc perspective
The scientific publishing community is currently awaiting the announcements on new journal impact factors. With this in mind, a post-doc researcher has written a BioMed Central blog this week that … Continue Reading Impact factors and academic careers: insights from a postdoc perspective
Infographic: Quick facts about scientific publishing (via @editage)
Numbers behind numbers: The Altmetric Score and sources explained
A blog by Altmetric published yesterday, attempts to answer questions from researchers about Altmetrics, why the scores are useful, how the score is calculated and weighted, and also what is … Continue Reading Numbers behind numbers: The Altmetric Score and sources explained
Overview of currently available mega-journals: have they reached their limits to growth?
An article in PeerJ this week provides an overview and analysis of the currently available Mega Journals – including PLOS ONE, BMJ Open, PeerJ and others. The article summarises the … Continue Reading Overview of currently available mega-journals: have they reached their limits to growth?
Are metrics meaningful? A blog from BioMed Central (@biomedcentral)
Recently, COPE held a seminar on metrics and how they shape publication (mis)behavior. A blog published in the past few days by BioMed Central (and written by Elizabeth Moylan) provides … Continue Reading Are metrics meaningful? A blog from BioMed Central (@biomedcentral)