« Measurement is a complicated but very necessary task. Many indices have been created in an effort to define the quality of knowledge produced but they have attracted strong criticism, having…
« The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is, by far, the most discussed bibliometric indicator. Since its introduction over 40 years ago, it has had enormous effects on the scientific ecosystem: transforming…
« Change is constant in scholarly publishing; nowhere more than in the world of metrics. Here, four industry leaders offer Tim Gillett some predictions for the future.
What are the most…
« In 1999 BioMed Central made high quality research open to anyone who wanted to access and could use it. By making open access sustainable, we changed the world of academic publishing. A core…
“Inventor of the Science Citation Index.
I think you’re making history, Gene!” So said Nobel laureate and molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg to his friend Eugene Garfield in 1962. They were…
« Un article complexe de 25 pages (sans compter tous les suppléments électroniques) a été publié en septembre 2016 dans PLOS Biology, bonne revue du groupe PLOS, avec pour…
« Aries Systems Corporation today announces the integration of Meta Bibliometric Intelligence into Editorial Manager, Aries’ industry-leading manuscript and peer-review tracking system for scholarly publications. The new technology, created…
« Un éditorial intitulé « ASM Journals Eliminate Impact Factor Information from Journal Websites » vient d’être publié simultanément (septembre 2016) par plusieurs revues (Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Applied…
« Based on three decades of citation data from across scientific fields of science, we study trends in impact factor biased self-citations of scholarly journals, using a purpose-built and…
