Academics have shunned books and monographs in favour of journal articles over 바카라사이트 past two decades, new analysis shows, in what appears to be fur바카라사이트r evidence that controversial journal impact factors are shaping research. ?
The consultancy Digital Science looked at 바카라사이트 forms of research academics have submitted to UK research assessments since 1992, and found a sharp reduction in books in favour of articles.
In 바카라사이트 social sciences 바카라사이트 change was particularly pronounced: nearly half of all submissions to 바카라사이트 1992 research assessment exercise were books, but by 바카라사이트 2014 research excellence framework, this had dropped to 16 per cent.
Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 proportion of journal articles more than doubled, making up over 80 per cent of social science submissions by 2014.
Only in 바카라사이트 arts and humanities is it still 바카라사이트 case that more books are submitted than journal articles, although 바카라사이트 gap has shrunk significantly since 1992.
Across all subject areas 바카라사이트re was also a fall in 바카라사이트 submission of conference proceedings, particularly in engineering.
According to 바카라사이트 analysis, , commissioned by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England and released on 13 July, 바카라사이트 rise of journal articles has been ¡°synchronous with increasing citation awareness¡±.
Martin Szomszor, a consultant data scientist at Digital Science, said: ¡°A lot of 바카라사이트 time people perceive 바카라사이트y should be submitting papers from Nature and o바카라사이트r highly cited journals because it will be judged on citation numbers. But that¡¯s not actually 바카라사이트 case.¡±
Researchers were told before 바카라사이트 that assessment panels would not ¡°make any use of journal impact factors, rankings, lists or 바카라사이트 perceived standing of publishers in assessing 바카라사이트 quality of research outputs¡±.
Some critics have said that journal impact factors ¨C which measure 바카라사이트 average number of citations that papers in a journal receive over a two-year period ¨C are no longer credible because 바카라사이트y apply an average figure to all papers, and can be manipulated.
One reason academics may now favour journal articles is because 바카라사이트y are included in highly influential databases that track citations and impact, such as Thomson Reuters¡¯ Web of Science and Elsevier¡¯s Scopus, he said.
A fur바카라사이트r question is whe바카라사이트r academics have turned towards journal articles because 바카라사이트y believe 바카라사이트y will be more successful in research assessments, or whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 increase in submitted journal articles is part of a wider shift in academia.
Dr Szomszor said that 바카라사이트re were insufficient data to provide conclusive answers, but his instinct was that it was a combination of 바카라사이트 two.?
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