Muito bom. Mas, ao que parece, não foi publicado num bom "journal". Nem vou ler :)
Falando sério, é sempre divertido e informativo ler estes papers relacionados a cientiometria (é assim em português?). Só não sei se eles nos ajudam a fazer ciência melhor. Adolfo Neto Em 18/09/2013 03:42, "Joao Marcos" <[email protected]> escreveu: > Deep Impact: Unintended consequences of journal rank > http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.3748 > > Björn Brembs, Marcus Munafò > > Most researchers acknowledge an intrinsic hierarchy in the scholarly > journals ('journal rank') that they submit their work to, and adjust > not only their submission but also their reading strategies > accordingly. On the other hand, much has been written about the > negative effects of institutionalizing journal rank as an impact > measure. So far, contributions to the debate concerning the > limitations of journal rank as a scientific impact assessment tool > have either lacked data, or relied on only a few studies. In this > review, we present the most recent and pertinent data on the > consequences of our current scholarly communication system with > respect to various measures of scientific quality (such as > utility/citations, methodological soundness, expert ratings or > retractions). These data corroborate previous hypotheses: using > journal rank as an assessment tool is bad scientific practice. > Moreover, the data lead us to argue that any journal rank (not only > the currently-favored Impact Factor) would have this negative impact. > Therefore, we suggest that abandoning journals altogether, in favor of > a library-based scholarly communication system, will ultimately be > necessary. This new system will use modern information technology to > vastly improve the filter, sort and discovery functions of the current > journal system. > _______________________________________________ > Logica-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.dimap.ufrn.br/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/logica-l > _______________________________________________ Logica-l mailing list [email protected] http://www.dimap.ufrn.br/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/logica-l
