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Category Archives: Citations
Feb 14 2013
The research impact agenda must translate measurement into learning
3 CommentsFunders and the wider research community must avoid the temptation to reduce impact to just things that can be measured, says Liz Allen of the Wellcome Trust. Measurement should not be for measuring’s sake; it must be about contributing to learning. Qualitative descriptors of progress … Continue reading
Posted by: February 14, 2013
Jan 30 2013
Why every researcher should sign up for their ORCID ID
1 CommentThe Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier, or ORCID, is a non-profit effort providing digital identifiers to the research community to ensure correct authorship data is available and more transparent. Brian Kelly welcomes the widespread adoption of the unique ORCID ID arguing … Continue reading
Posted by: January 30, 2013
Oct 25 2012
The hidden map of science: Pre-publication history of articles tells us that rejection leads to higher citations
5 CommentsNo-one wants to have their paper rejected by a top journal, but is there a silver lining to an initial disappointment? Vincent Calcagno finds that papers that are resubmitted to a second or third choice journal enjoy a ‘benefit of … Continue reading
Posted by: October 25, 2012
Tagged with: citations, impact, journals
Oct 17 2012
There’s something fishy about citations: We need a method of assessing the support of research if we want to change the ‘publish or perish’ culture
9 CommentsCurrent citation biases give us only the narrowest slice of scientific support. Bradley Voytek writes that while BrainSCANr may have flaws, it gives the reader a quick indication of how well-supported an academic argument is and could provide a new … Continue reading
Posted by: October 17, 2012
Tagged with: citations, impact
Oct 9 2012
We can do much better than rely on the self-fulfilling impact factor: Academics must harness ideas of engagement to illustrate their impact
7 CommentsImpact Factors are a god-send for overworked and distracted individuals, and while Google Scholar goes some way to utilizing multiple measures to determine a researcher’s impact, Jonathan Becker argues that we can go one better. He writes that engagement is … Continue reading
Posted by: October 9, 2012
Tagged with: academic publishing, impact, impact factor
Sep 25 2012
The launch of ImpactStory: using altmetrics to tell data-driven stories
Comments OffBy providing real-time information, altmetrics are shifting how research impact is understood. Jason Priem and Heather Piwowar outline the launch of ImpactStory, a new webapp aiming to provide a broader picture of impact to help scholars understand more about the audience … Continue reading
Posted by: September 25, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, digital era, impact, ImpactStory
Sep 17 2012
Can librarians trust resources found on Google Scholar? Yes… and no.
12 CommentsMany librarians are still unwilling to fully embrace Google Scholar as a resource. Michelle C. Hamilton, Margaret M. Janz and Alexandra Hauser investigate whether Google Scholar has the accuracy, authority and currency to be trustworthy enough for scholars. One of the reasons science librarians prefer subscription-based … Continue reading
Posted by: September 17, 2012
Tagged with: citations, google scholar, impact
Aug 31 2012
Is writing a book chapter a waste of time?
2 CommentsEdited books may not pick up citations in Google Scholar but Pat Thomson writes that they do different work than journal articles or blogs and are often the first point of call for teachers, students and practitioners. It would be … Continue reading
Posted by: August 31, 2012
Tagged with: academic publishing, citations, impact, Knowledge transfer
Aug 29 2012
How to bury your academic writing
7 CommentsBook chapters can allow freedom to think about your work in line with broader theoretical issues, but if you’re tempted to write a book chapter for an edited collection, it might be best to reconsider. Dorothy Bishop finds that researchers … Continue reading
Posted by: August 29, 2012
Tagged with: academic books, academic publishing, citations, impact
Aug 15 2012
Taking the Impact Factor seriously is similar to taking creationism, homeopathy or divining seriously
15 CommentsThere is no evidence that journal rank has any persuasive predictive property for any measure of scientific quality. Every scientist who is not aware of the unscientific nature of the Impact Factor should ask themselves if they are in the … Continue reading
Posted by: August 15, 2012
Tagged with: academic publishing, impact, impact factor, journals
