Accounting for Impact? The Journal Impact Factor and the Making of Biomedical Research in the Netherlands

The Journal Impact Factor is a Science Citation Index developed metric to evaluate the citations an article receives over a period of two years and serves as a surrogate marker to evaluate the quality of biomedical research. However, even though the calculation seems to be a straightforward mathematical equation, multiple confounders artificially impact the score- such as citing behavior, the region and language the journal is published in, and the ‘tip of the iceberg’ phenomenon. Despite an increase in metrics developed to alternatively gauge the prestige of research and the researcher- such as Eigenfactor Score, Article Influence Score and Google PageRank, the impact factor remains an essential instrument in dictating the scientist’s future in terms of job security, tenure extension, grant approval, and acquiring bonus, both hierarchical and monetary

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Article-level assessment of influence and translation in biomedical research

Molecular Biology of the Cell ◽

10.1091/mbc.e16-01-0037 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (11) ◽

pp. 1401-1408 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

George M. Santangelo

Keyword(s):

Impact Factor ◽

Biomedical Research ◽

Journal Impact Factor ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Scientific Progress ◽

Careful Analysis ◽

Data Driven ◽

Scientific Enterprise ◽

Research Investments ◽

Journal Impact

Given the vast scale of the modern scientific enterprise, it can be difficult for scientists to make judgments about the work of others through careful analysis of the entirety of the relevant literature. This has led to a reliance on metrics that are mathematically flawed and insufficiently diverse to account for the variety of ways in which investigators contribute to scientific progress. An urgent, critical first step in solving this problem is replacing the Journal Impact Factor with an article-level alternative. The Relative Citation Ratio (RCR), a metric that was designed to serve in that capacity, measures the influence of each publication on its respective area of research. RCR can serve as one component of a multifaceted metric that provides an effective data-driven supplement to expert opinion. Developing validated methods that quantify scientific progress can help to optimize the management of research investments and accelerate the acquisition of knowledge that improves human health.

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“Cochlearia officinalis L. as a prophylactic for Covid19”

10.31219/osf.io/v3nfj ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Pardis Tabaee Damavandi

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Impact Factor ◽

Journal Impact Factor ◽

Journal Impact ◽

Science Article ◽

Ip Theft

Perspective / opinion. A copycat of this IP preprint article has recently appeared on a low quality journal which has accepted and published it, however it is IP theft and it is not legal, nor moral. The journal impact factor is 3 and the journal site is supposedly at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. This is a violation and it should be removed. These series of works were not carried out neither in Algeria, nor in the Netherlands. It does not matter if it is a partial IP theft, until the preprint is not published, other articles cannot be accepted without the citation as that is IP theft. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299920308517?via%3Dihub

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Analysis of the journal impact factor and related bibliometric indicators in education and educational research category

Education for Information ◽

10.3233/efi-200442 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

Metin Orbay ◽

Orhan Karamustafaoğlu ◽

Ruben Miranda

Keyword(s):

Impact Factor ◽

Educational Research ◽

Journal Impact Factor ◽

Impact Factors ◽

Bibliometric Indicators ◽

Strongly Correlated ◽

Starting Point ◽

Consistent Assessment ◽

The Impact ◽

Journal Impact

This study analyzes the journal impact factor and related bibliometric indicators in Education and Educational Research (E&ER) category, highlighting the main differences among journal quartiles, using Web of Science (Social Sciences Citation Index, SSCI) as the data source. High impact journals (Q1) publish only slightly more papers than expected, which is different to other areas. The papers published in Q1 journal have greater average citations and lower uncitedness rates compared to other quartiles, although the differences among quartiles are lower than in other areas. The impact factor is only weakly negative correlated (r=-0.184) with the journal self-citation but strongly correlated with the citedness of the median journal paper (r= 0.864). Although this strong correlation exists, the impact factor is still far to be the perfect indicator for expected citations of a paper due to the high skewness of the citations distribution. This skewness was moderately correlated with the citations received by the most cited paper of the journal (r= 0.649) and the number of papers published by the journal (r= 0.484), but no important differences by journal quartiles were observed. In the period 2013–2018, the average journal impact factor in the E&ER has increased largely from 0.908 to 1.638, which is justified by the field growth but also by the increase in international collaboration and the share of papers published in open access. Despite their inherent limitations, the use of impact factors and related indicators is a starting point for introducing the use of bibliometric tools for objective and consistent assessment of researcher.

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