Brembs, Björn (2011) High impact factors are meant to represent strong citation rates, but these journal impact factors are more effective at predicting a paper’s retraction rate. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (19 Dec 2011). Website.
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Abstract
Journal ranking schemes may seem useful, but Björn Brembs discusses how the Thompson Reuters Impact Factor appears to be a reliable predictor of the number of retractions, rather than citations a given paper will receive. Should academics think twice about the benefits of publishing in a ‘high impact’ journal?
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 The Author |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2013 15:03 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 12:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/51881 |
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