El Duvelle on Nostr: Following up on the #eLife / #Clarivate saga, DORA has posted a statement: ...
Following up on the #eLife / #Clarivate saga, DORA has posted a statement:
https://sfdora.org/2024/11/25/clarivates-actions-regarding-elife-doras-response/
extracts:
"This development reinforces how a commercial entity such as Clarivate, can, through its ownership of scholarly databases and indices, hold the academic community to ransom. Clarivate’s announcement is disappointing as it both punishes innovation in peer review and disregards the important role of authors in deciding how and where their research should be published.
As funders and institutions increasingly move away from using single metrics to assess research(ers), the role of Journal Impact Factors is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
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We therefore support eLife and encourage it to continue its innovation and encourage other journals to consider doing the same."
Go #eLife, Go AWAY #ImpactFactor!
#Academia #Publication #ScientificPublishers
https://sfdora.org/2024/11/25/clarivates-actions-regarding-elife-doras-response/
extracts:
"This development reinforces how a commercial entity such as Clarivate, can, through its ownership of scholarly databases and indices, hold the academic community to ransom. Clarivate’s announcement is disappointing as it both punishes innovation in peer review and disregards the important role of authors in deciding how and where their research should be published.
As funders and institutions increasingly move away from using single metrics to assess research(ers), the role of Journal Impact Factors is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
...
We therefore support eLife and encourage it to continue its innovation and encourage other journals to consider doing the same."
Go #eLife, Go AWAY #ImpactFactor!
#Academia #Publication #ScientificPublishers