Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations

EC McKiernan, LA Schimanski, C Muñoz Nieves… - elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
We analyzed how often and in what ways the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is currently used in
review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) documents of a representative sample of universities …

Microplastics in coastal and oceanic surface waters and their role as carriers of pollutants of emerging concern in marine organisms

HC Ferreira, G Lôbo-Hajdu - Marine Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (Mps) pose a significant environmental challenge with global implications. To
examine the effect of Mps on coastal and oceanic surface waters, as well as in marine …

A tale of two databases: the use of Web of Science and Scopus in academic papers

J Zhu, W Liu - Scientometrics, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Web of Science and Scopus are two world-leading and competing citation
databases. By using the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation …

The strain on scientific publishing

MA Hanson, PG Barreiro, P Crosetto… - Quantitative Science …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total
number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent …

The Hong Kong Principles for assessing researchers: Fostering research integrity

D Moher, L Bouter, S Kleinert, P Glasziou… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
For knowledge to benefit research and society, it must be trustworthy. Trustworthy research
is robust, rigorous, and transparent at all stages of design, execution, and reporting …

China's catching-up in artificial intelligence seen as a co-evolution of corporate and national innovation systems

BÅ Lundvall, C Rikap - Research Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Inspired by Christopher Freeman's work on how radical technical change opens up
for shifts in world leadership and on the role of innovation systems in this process, this paper …

Should open access lead to closed research? The trends towards paying to perform research

L Zhang, Y Wei, Y Huang, G Sivertsen - Scientometrics, 2022 - Springer
Open Access (OA) emerged as an important transition in scholarly publishing worldwide
during the past two decades. So far, this transition is increasingly based on article …

The role of transportation speed in facilitating high skilled teamwork across cities

X Dong, S Zheng, ME Kahn - Journal of Urban Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
High skilled workers gain from face to face interactions. If the skilled can move at higher
speeds, then knowledge diffusion and idea spillovers are more likely to reach greater …

Retracted papers originating from paper mills: cross sectional study

C Candal-Pedreira, JS Ross, A Ruano-Ravina… - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objectives To describe retracted papers originating from paper mills, including their
characteristics, visibility, and impact over time, and the journals in which they were …

The journal impact factor: A brief history, critique, and discussion of adverse effects

V Lariviere, CR Sugimoto - Springer handbook of science and technology …, 2019 - Springer
The journal impact factor () is, by far, the most discussed bibliometric indicator. Since its
introduction over 40 years ago, it has had enormous effects on the scientific ecosystem …