Carr JE, Britton LN "Citation trends of applied journals in behavioral psychology: 1981-2000" JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS 36 (1): 113-117 SPR 2003

[Quentin L. Burrell]

Ronald

Clearly you could "tell these authors" by direct email, but that does not
solve the general problem of papers being submitted, accepted and published
with a lack of "awareness" of what already exists.

Don Kraft wrote a recent piece in JASIST about the referee's role that I go
along with (by and large!) but I would also say that the Editor's choice of
referee is crucial. If the referee is not "aware", then the report will not
be.

What you have raised is directed at a particular paper but is more generally
important.

Quentin

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Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Carr JE, Britton LN "Citation trends of
applied journals in behavioral psychology: 1981-2000" JOURNAL OF APPLIED
BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS 36 (1): 113-117 SPR 2003


Could someone tell these authors that journal evaluation does not begin and
end with the JCR, and that other people have done similar studies (in other
fields)? They do not seem to be aware of this fact (see their reference
list).

Ronald Rousseau




> James E. Carr : jim.carr at wmich.edu
>
> TITLE   :    Citation trends of applied journals in behavioral
>              psychology: 1981-2000
> AUTHOR  :    Carr JE, Britton LN
> JOURNAL :    JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS 36 (1): 113-117 SPR
> 2003
>
>
>  Document type: Article    Language: English
>  Cited References: 5       Times Cited: 0
>
>
> Abstract:
> One variable with which to evaluate scientific journals is how often
> their
> articles are cited in the literature. Such data are amenable to
> longitudinal
> analysis and can be used as a measure of a journal's impact on
> research
> within a discipline. We evaluated multiple citation measures for a
> number of
> applied journals in behavioral psychology from 1981 to 2000. The
> results
> indicate a relatively consistent impact across these journals, with
> some
> evidence of growth.
>
> Author Keywords:
> behavioral psychology, citation trends, journals
>
> Addresses:
> Carr JE, Western Michigan Univ, Dept Psychol, 1903 W Michigan Ave,
> Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA
> Western Michigan Univ, Dept Psychol, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA
>
> Publisher:
> JOURNAL APPL BEHAV ANAL, DEPT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, UNIV KANSAS, LAWRENCE,
> KS
> 66045 USA
>
> IDS Number:
> 664XJ
>
> ISSN:
> 0021-8855
>
>
>
>  Cited Author            Cited Work                Volume      Page
> Year
>     ID
>
>  *I SCI INF            J CITATION REPORTS S
> 2001
>  CRITCHFIELD TS        J APPL BEHAV ANAL             35       423
> 2002
>  DYMOND S              J APPL BEHAV ANAL             33       339
> 2000
>  LATIES VG             J APPL BEHAV ANAL             26       513
> 1993
>  POLING A              J APPL BEHAV ANAL             27       729
> 1994
>
>
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