Today for our #OAWeek2020 series, a touchy subject: the JIF.
In our study of RPT documents, we wanted to know how important this metric is in the review and promotion process. (1/n)
In our study of RPT documents, we wanted to know how important this metric is in the review and promotion process. (1/n)
To find out, we looked at how often the Journal Impact Factor was mentioned in RPT documents, as well as how it was portrayed. (2/n)
It turns out, about ¼ of institutions explicitly mention the JIF in their tenure guidelines… but that number likely underestimates what’s really going on. (3/n)
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...Of those institutions that mention the JIF, the vast majority support its use in tenure decisions (4/n)
This intense pressure to publish in “high impact” journals is one major barrier facing the Open Access movement. (5/n)
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Luckily, initiatives like @Metrics_Toolkit, @HuMetricsHSS, and @DORAssessment are pushing back. Can you think of others? (6/n)
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Find out more at scholcommlab.ca/research/rpt-p… or read the full paper at @eLife: elifesciences.org/articles/47338… (7/7)
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