Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Less prestigious journals publishing greater share of high-impact papers

 
From 14 October 2014  "ScienceInsider : Breaking news and analysis from the world of science policy"
 
Uprising: Less prestigious journals publishing greater share of high-impact papers 
The world of academic publishing is an oligarchy. Not only are the vast majority of highly cited papers authored by an elite 1% of scientists, but a small group of elite journals also get the lion's share of citations and media attention. But this rarified world is becoming more egalitarian, according to a study released 9 October by the team that develops Google Scholar, the free literature search engine now used by virtually every scientist in the world. The study is the strongest evidence yet that the dominance of the elite journals is eroding, thanks in part to how much easier it has become for scientists to find and cite obscure but relevant papers.

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