Re:German research institutions boycott Elsevier
by hannob on Thursday December 15, 2016 @03:58PM
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Impact factors and similar metrics are part of the problem. These are metrics that support flashy research, not good research. If anything the Impact Factor is a sign of sloppy research (there's a lot of evidence for that, e.g. the higher the IF the more likely there's a retraction).
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Re:German research institutions boycott Elsevier
by dagw on Thursday December 15, 2016 @04:25PM
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there's a lot of evidence for that, e.g. the higher the IF the more likely there's a retraction
The higher the IF, the more likely it is the researcher trying to do something 'hard' and the more people will scrutinise the results. These two factors alone will lead to more retractions.
Someone publishing something completely uninteresting in a journal no one reads will never be in a position to have to retract their paper, no matter how flawed, because no one will notice and no one will care.