F1000 Journal Rankings — The Map Is Not the Territory

Wed Oct 5 12:30:33 EDT 2011

On Monday, the Faculty of 1000 released a new service ranking journals based on aggregate article reviews. Below is a critique of this new metric, a piece by Declan Butler in Nature, and a detailed reply by Richard Grant of F1000:

F1000 Journal Rankings — The Map Is Not the Territory
by Phil Davis
http://wp.me/pcvbl-5IX

Experts question rankings of journals
by Delcan Butler
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/111005/full/478020a.html

F1000 Rankings
by Richard Grant
http://blog.the-scientist.com/2011/10/05/f1000-rankings/