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How journals manipulate the importance of research and one way to fix it

Rice, Curt (2012) How journals manipulate the importance of research and one way to fix it. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (12 Jul 2012). Website.

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Abstract

Our methods of rewarding research foster an incentive for journal editors to ‘game’ the system, and one in five researchers report being pressured to include citations from the prospective journal before their work is published. Curt Rice outlines how we can put an end to coercive citations.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information: © 2012 The Author
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited: 27 Aug 2013 10:50
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 18:20
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/52030

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