Slafer, GA (Slafer, Gustavo A.) Should crop scientists consider a journal's impact factor in deciding where to publish? EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY, 29 (4): 208-212 NOV 2008
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E-mail Address: slafer at pvcf.udl.es
Author(s): Slafer, GA (Slafer, Gustavo A.)
Title: Should crop scientists consider a journal's impact factor in
deciding where to publish?
Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY, 29 (4): 208-212 NOV 2008
Language: English
Document Type: Article
Author Keywords: Impact factor; Citation; Paper impact; scientist
evaluation
Abstract: To publish papers that have impact is indispensable for good
scientists. It is frequently accepted that the impact factor (IF) of a
journal reflects the likelihood of a paper to have impact. Many scientists
may then attempt publishing their papers in journals with the highest
possible IF. This is relevant for crop scientists as in many cases Our
hypotheses may be relevant to agronomy/agriculture hot the product of Our
work may be published in the more basic plant science journals, which in
general have higher IF than agronomic journals. To test whether agronomic
journals may be better vehicles than plant science journals for crop
physiological work, I did an analysis of my own publications
(only "standard" papers. disregarding reviews) relating their annual
Citation rates against the IF of the journal in which they were published.
The relationship was virtually inexistent, and my most frequently quoted
papers were published in agronomic rather than in plant sciences journals.
Conversely, restricting the analysis to the papers published within
agronomic journals there was a relationship between the record of
citations of the papers and the IF of the journals, Particularly if the
analysis is restricted to the most quoted papers in each journal. I then
analyzed the cases of three other well-recognized crop scientists, to
check whether the findings with my results were exceptional, and in the
three cases results were remarkably similar. Therefore, it seems that the
journal IF might be a valuable criterion for choosing the best journal in
which to publish our best contributions only when comparing within
agronomic journals, but not within combinations of agronomy and plant
science journals. This should be also taken into account ill evaluation
processes when comparing scientists Working in related but not identical
fields. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Addresses: Univ Lleida, ICREA Catalonian Inst Res & Adv Studies, Dept Crop
& Forest Sci, Ctr UdL IRTA, Lleida 25198, Spain
Reprint Address: Slafer, GA, Univ Lleida, ICREA Catalonian Inst Res & Adv
Studies, Dept Crop & Forest Sci, Ctr UdL IRTA, Av Rovira Roure 191, Lleida
25198, Spain.
E-mail Address: slafer at pvcf.udl.es
Cited Reference Count: 6
Times Cited: 0
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Publisher Address: PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
ISSN: 1161-0301
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2008.07.001
29-char Source Abbrev.: EUR J AGRON
ISO Source Abbrev.: Eur. J. Agron.
Source Item Page Count: 5
Subject Category: Agronomy
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