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Journal visibility, self-citation, and reference limits: influences on Impact Factor and author performance review

机译:期刊可见度,自引量和参考限量:对影响因子和作者绩效审查的影响

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ABSTRACT: Bibliometrics, including the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), assist decision-making in publishing and academic reviews. Some ‘cutting edge’ papers are not published in ‘high ranking’ journals because they were either too controversial, ‘blocked’ during the review process, rejected due to the random factor introduced by numerous competing good submissions, or editor bias. Such papers, when published in other journals, may still become well known and accepted. Examples of this may be found within conference proceedings, journals with moderate JIF and Citations per Publication (CPP), and PhD dissertations. Journals such as Science and Nature may be overrated. A paper published there may or may not be better than one published in journals with a more restricted distribution and coverage. Excellent papers occur in both types of journals. Low acceptance rates (10%) introduce a random component into the review process along with potential editor bias during preliminary review. The overflow moves to more standard journals. CPP is often used to assess a researcher’s impact on his/her field and as an impact indicator for a specific article. The belief that bibliometrics are manipulated by an author to increase the CPP through self-citation is probably perceptual. Self-citation is necessary to inform the reader about the author’s prior work and provide background information. Low self-citation rates can lead a reviewer to believe the author’s background is inadequate, while high rates might indicate that he/she is ignoring the work of colleagues. A balance is recommended. Limits on references can act similarly, limiting background information for the reader and denying justifiable citations to other authors conducting important relevant research. Bibliometrics can serve certain purposes well, but are not perfect. Low bibliometric indicators do not necessarily reflect poorly on a researcher or the relevant journal.
机译:摘要:包括期刊影响因子(JIF)在内的文献计量学有助于出版和学术评论中的决策制定。一些“最前沿”的论文未在“高排名”期刊上发表,因为它们太有争议,在审阅过程中“受阻”,由于众多竞争性优秀论文所引入的随机因素而被拒绝或编辑偏见。这样的论文在其他期刊上发表时,可能仍然广为人知和接受。在会议记录,具有中等JIF和“每个出版物被引用”(CPP)的期刊以及博士学位论文中可以找到此类示例。 科学和自然等期刊可能被高估了。在那儿发表的论文可能比在期刊上发表且分布和覆盖范围更受限制的论文更好,也可能不会更好。两种类型的期刊中都有出色的论文。较低的接受率(10%)将随机成分引入到审核过程中,同时在初步审核期间可能会出现编辑偏见。溢出将移至更多标准日记帐。 CPP通常用于评估研究人员对其领域的影响,并作为特定文章的影响指标。认为作者可以操纵文献计量学以通过自引用增加CPP,这一观点可能是可感知的。必须使用自我引用才能使读者了解作者的先前工作并提供背景信息。低的自被引用率可能会使审稿人认为作者的背景不充分,而高的被引用率可能表明他/她无视同事的工作。建议保持平衡。对参考文献的限制可以采取类似的行动,限制读者的背景信息,并拒绝对进行重要相关研究的其他作者提供合理的引用。文献计量学可以很好地满足某些目的,但并不完美。低的文献计量指标不一定会在研究人员或相关期刊上反映不佳。

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