New study: In #APC based #OpenAccess journals of orthopedic surgery, APCs "are not proportional to and do not strongly correlate with" journal impact factors.
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#JIFs #ScholComm
New study: In #APC-based #OpenAccess journals the field of orthopedic surgery, APCs "are not proportional to and do not strongly correlate with" journal impact factors.
journals.lww.com/jaaosglobal/fulltext/202...
#JIFs #ScholComm
The University of Utrecht is cancelling the #WebOfScience and offering training sessions on #OpenAlex.
www.uu.nl/en/news/access-to-web-of...
"Discontinuing Web of Science is a logical step that fits in with the UU vision on #OpenScience. Closed commercial […]
Sage journal retracts another 400 papers retractionwatch.com/2025/01/31/s...
#Sage #IOP #Retraction #PaperMills #PPS #ProblematicPaperScreener #RetractionWatch #FeetOf#Clay #JIFS
Update with a comment.
Don't throw in the towel. First, reform research #assessment to move away from journal impact factors (#JIFs) and to pay more attention to the quality of research than the number of publications or where they published. Second, move away from #APCs. To make research […]