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High impact journals - Do they always guarantee high quality papers?
In academia is common to hear the phrase 'publish or perish' and also that your articles have to be of high quality. So e.g. 4 articles in low impact journals worth as 1 article in a well ranked ...
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Is it good to have all the PhD publications in one journal
I have two papers published in a APS journal and another paper just got accepted to the same journal (the journal is a reputed one in my field). It has been almost two years for my PhD. So I have ...
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How can I judge whether an alternative "impact factor" is from an accepted and genuine source?
So I was wondering whether the SJIF (Scientific Journal Impact Factor) calculation was authentic and accepted.
How can someone identify whether an alternative impact factor is generally accepted and ...
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Is a "Scientific Journal Impact Factor" of around 4 or 5 good for a philosophy journal?
I am considering (for a variety of reasons) submitting an article to a philosophy journal, which happens to have a Scientific Journal Impact Factor of 4.699. This would be my first submission.
Is ...
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When should I publish in interdisciplinary versus subject-specific scientific journals?
Most science research is published in subject-specific journals, of which there are many. However, there are a relatively small number of interdisciplinary journals, some of which are the most highly ...
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Which quantitative metrics are there of the quality and prestige of journals, and how do they compare?
I have seen several different metrics that are applied for ranking journals: Impact Factor, SJR, and H-index. Which of these is the most useful and robust for comparisons with respect to the quality ...
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What is Cumulative Impact Index of a journal?
I recently came across the term "Cumulative Impact Index". I came to know about it here, which includes the statement, "publication of
5 International Journal papers, each Journal having a cumulative ...
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What is the relationship between impact factor and journal ranking
As a second year graduate student, it's become increasingly difficult for me to figure out what journals are the most prestigious. My research is very interdisciplinary, and so journals from many ...
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How do I know the impact factor of a certain journal is true? [duplicate]
I am new in publishing, I have never published a paper, and nowaday there are too many online journals. That made me suspicious about their reputation, and it is not easy for me as a beginner in ...
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Is there an independent oversight body of Journal Impact Factors?
I have read many questions on this site that relate to Journal impact factors, for example, in relation to how that may affect where to publish etc.
I am wondering is there an independent oversight ...
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Is it important to publish my article in a journal indexed on Thomson ISI?
If a journal is not indexed this way, is it an academically honorable one?
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