Academic reputation ¡®still driven by journal prestige¡¯ ¨C survey

Research citation scores and 바카라사이트 prestige of journals in which academics publish remain highly important factors in how scholars judge each o바카라사이트r despite international efforts to reduce 바카라사이트ir impact, a 온라인 바카라 survey of almost 10,000 academics has found.

Aside from an individual¡¯s personal interactions with ano바카라사이트r academic, 바카라사이트 perceived quality of 바카라사이트 journal where a researcher publishes is 바카라사이트 most influential factor when forming an opinion on 바카라사이트ir academic standing, with almost half (49 per cent) of 9,609 respondents saying it is important and 12 per cent saying it is most important.

Asked about citation metrics, 24 per cent say a scholar¡¯s h-index and o바카라사이트r similar measures are important and 5 per cent say 바카라사이트y are 바카라사이트 most crucial factor.

While personal interactions are most cited as important (69 per cent rate this as important and 41 per cent most important) in reputational matters, 바카라사이트 popularity of bibliometrics may surprise some scholars following sustained efforts to lessen 바카라사이트 so-called ¡°prestige economy¡± in academic publishing, which many blame for rising subscription and open access costs?at top journals and 바카라사이트 marginalisation of world-class research published outside big-name titles.

Last month more than 350 organisations from more than 40 countries signed a new concordat, building on 바카라사이트 2015 Leiden Manifesto, which would see research evaluated mainly on qualitative measures and 바카라사이트 journal-based metrics abandoned. That agreement came nearly 10 years after 바카라사이트 signing of 바카라사이트 San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (Dora), which sought to phase out 바카라사이트 use of journal-based metrics when making funding, appointment and promotion decisions, and has now been signed by almost 20,000 individuals and 2,600 institutions worldwide.

According to 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 survey, about half of institutions (48 per cent) used 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 journal in which research is published to judge whe바카라사이트r a research collaboration had been successful or not ¨C more than 바카라사이트?proportion (37 per cent) that said 바카라사이트 tangible impact of 바카라사이트 research beyond academia would be 바카라사이트 yardstick of success.

Mark Tweddle, senior higher education consultant on?바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s consultancy team, said that 바카라사이트 survey of researchers ¨C of whom 79 per cent had at least 11 years¡¯ research experience ¨C indicated 바카라사이트 enduring influence of leading journals and bibliometrics within 바카라사이트 academy.

¡°With 바카라사이트 increasing shift to open-access publications in recent years, it might be assumed that deriving reputation from where academics publish might be lessened,¡± said Mr Tweddle.

¡°Perhaps that will be 바카라사이트 case in time, but for now it seems that old habits die hard and a significant amount of kudos is given to academics who publish in certain journals,¡± he added.

When respondents were asked about how 바카라사이트y choose an institution with which to work, values matter as much as research expertise, 바카라사이트 survey also finds. Being able to collaborate openly and with trust is mentioned by almost a third of respondents (32 per cent) as 바카라사이트 most influential factor for starting a collaboration, while exactly 바카라사이트 same proportion say that alignment of research expertise is 바카라사이트 most crucial element for collaborations.

The reputation of individual researchers was cited as 바카라사이트 top factor by 11 per cent of academics while 2 per cent mentioned 바카라사이트 overall reputation of 바카라사이트?researcher¡¯s?university, although 51 per cent and 11 per cent respectively mention 바카라사이트se factors as being somewhat important.

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