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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Short Article: Scientists call for reform on rankings and indices of science journals

Title:
Scientists call for reform on rankings and indices of science journals

By:
University of Oslo

Published:
Phys.org, 17 February 2020

From the article:
"Researchers are used to being evaluated based on indices like the impact factors of the scientific journals in which they publish papers and their number of citations. A team of 14 natural scientists from nine countries are now rebelling against this practice, arguing that obsessive use of indices is damaging the quality of science."

To read this article:
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-scientists-reform-indices-science-journals.html