Impact Factor and the Future of Medical Journals - Haider Javed Warraich - The Atlantic - 0 views
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kenjiendo on 10 Jan 14An article highlighting recent criticism for the accuracy of published Medical Journals, origins of the issue, and possible solutions for the future.
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Impact Factor and the Future of Medical Journals Some research publications are getting away from flawed measures of influence that make it easy to game the system.
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This year's Nobel Prize winner in physiology, Randy Scheckman, announced his decision to boycott the three major “luxury” journals: Science, Nature, and Cell.
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impact factor, defined as the number of citations divided by the number of papers published in the journal, which is a measure to convey the influence of journals and the research they carry.
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citations are barely a reflection of the quality of the research and that the impact factor is easily manipulated
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Instead of letting the reputation of the journal decide the impact of its papers, PLOS One provides information about the influence of the article on a more granular level.
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Smart software will decide based on largely open access journals which papers will be of most interest to a particular reader.
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Biology Direct, a journal that provides open peer review that is available for readers to read along with the article, with or without changes suggested by the reviewers.