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The focus on bibliometrics makes papers less useful

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  • Reinhard Werner

    (Reinhard Werner is professor of theoretical physics at Leibniz University in Hanover, Germany.)

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Forcing research to fit the mould of high-impact journals weakens it. Hiring decisions should be based on merit, not impact factor, says Reinhard Werner.

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  • Reinhard Werner, 2015. "The focus on bibliometrics makes papers less useful," Nature, Nature, vol. 517(7534), pages 245-245, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:517:y:2015:i:7534:d:10.1038_517245a
    DOI: 10.1038/517245a
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    1. Mariani, Manuel Sebastian & Medo, Matúš & Zhang, Yi-Cheng, 2016. "Identification of milestone papers through time-balanced network centrality," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 10(4), pages 1207-1223.
    2. Judy Gammelgaard, 2016. "Citation and the Hidden Authority," International Journal of Social Science Studies, Redfame publishing, vol. 4(12), pages 1-5, December.
    3. Miguel Fuentes & Juan Pablo Cárdenas & Carolina Urbina & Gerardo Vidal & Gastón Olivares & Diego Lawler & Edmundo Bustos Azocar & Eric Rasmussen, 2023. "Alignment between United Nations Environmental Assembly Guidance and National Research Priorities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-25, February.
    4. Siluo Yang & Xin Xing & Dietmar Wolfram, 2018. "Difference in the impact of open-access papers published by China and the USA," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 115(2), pages 1017-1037, May.
    5. Rongying Zhao & Xu Wang, 2019. "Evaluation and comparison of influence in international Open Access journals between China and USA," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 120(3), pages 1091-1110, September.

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