Comment on Two Publishers Both Publish Many of the Same Journals by Slawek
News by DESTECH of Lancaster, PA: “2016 2nd International Conference on Humanity and Social Science (ICHSS2016) www ichss2016 com […] All the ICHSS2016 accepted papers will be published by DEStech...
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by lorenzoiorio2014
At least in my case, Google Scholar returns a h-index of 34, close to NASA/ADS (35). Nonetheless, I’ve noticed that Google Scholar seems to fail to capture several citations which I have in ADS.
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by BGranville
Just because the Impact Factor often fails, doesn’t mean the alternatives are any better. All have their flaws, so what difference does it make which metric is used? Might as well stick with the one...
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by Barry
When applying for research grants from the Taiwan the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry takes into consideration a researcher’s previous publications that are indexed in the following:...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Laura Montani
Hi I have just received an invitation to participate as editor for an Henry-publishing-group Journal. Any comment on this? Txs a lot for your (free) work :-)
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by David Stern (@sterndavidi)
We are using SNIP as the preferred impact factor at my school as it is comparable across disciplines. We are now moving towards SJR as it has become more reliable, as a recursive index is a better...
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by Ahmad Hassanat
I personally do not believe in any metric, they all have their pros and cons, none is perfect, as none is telling the truth about the researchers. It is one paper that I am seeking, that one, which...
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by regcheck
This does not seem to be a scientific approach to the problem. Why give the incumbent a presumption of validity when there appears to be ample evidence that it has poor quality? Research fairly...
View ArticleComment on Is SciELO a Publication Favela? by nobodydoit
Dear Jeffrey Beall, there are lives beyond USA! Best regards!
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by RL
I agree with you, Sir, Beall! All these metrics, including the impact factor, should be dead because they do more harm than good to science, but also because they are unreliable. Quotes: 1) “In their...
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by Ghazal
Dear Mr Beall You seem to be unfamiliar with the concept of SJR. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is a prestige metric based on the idea that ‘all citations are not created equal’. Citations are weighted,...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by sondang manik
I hate you.. I’ve tried to publish my paper for 5 times and I failed ..to get my approval . anyone who publishes in a fake journal and doesn’t realize it deserves any disadvantages which result from...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall
It’s published by a firm called SciTechnol. This publisher is on my list, so I recommend you not send any articles to this journal
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View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall
Thank you for alerting me to this publisher. I have analyzed it and added it to my list. I recommend that you <strong>not</strong> submit any papers to its journals and instead find a...
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by wimcrusio
Any measure that tries to reduce someone’s research impact to a single number is bound to be a tremendous oversimplification. As an aside, in France the h-index is alive and well and often asked for...
View ArticleComment on Dead Metrics by bill
Interesting articles – thanks. An LSE blog post describing a study which correlates h-index values with academic positions in the social sciences (lecturer, senior lecturer, professor) is also worth a...
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