Re:Announcing the Journal of Open Source Software
by argonaut on Monday May 09, 2016 @03:17AM
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The problem with being so openly self-described as a merely a way to get credit is: you're not evaluated on how many publications you get. You're evaluated on how many top publications you get.
There are a ton of 2nd tier and 3rd tier journals out there that are legitimately peer reviewed but won't help you get tenure / get academic positions, etc. This is a new journal so nobody will have heard of it (and therefore almost all will assume it's a 3rd tier venue). And I don't see that changing for a journal that is so narrowly focused on just publishing papers about open source software.
Re:Announcing the Journal of Open Source Software
by JorgeGT on Monday May 09, 2016 @04:11AM
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This is correct. Specifically in my country, publications have to be published in journals of the first tertile of the corresponding category in the JCR index to get full credit.
There are a ton of 2nd tier and 3rd tier journals out there that are legitimately peer reviewed but won't help you get tenure / get academic positions, etc. This is a new journal so nobody will have heard of it (and therefore almost all will assume it's a 3rd tier venue). And I don't see that changing for a journal that is so narrowly focused on just publishing papers about open source software.