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PeerJ Computer Science receives its first Impact Factor

PeerJ Computer Science receives its first Impact Factor

by Communities @ PeerJ | Jun 30, 2020 | Announcement, Community, Company News, Computer Science

This week PeerJ Computer Science received its first Impact Factor and at 3.09 it places the journal in the top quartile of the Web of Science’s category for Computer Science (Theory & Methods). But given the flaws and misuse of this metric should we, as a...
Another milestone! PeerJ Computer Science is now included in Web of Science SCIE

Another milestone! PeerJ Computer Science is now included in Web of Science SCIE

by PeerJ Community | Jul 24, 2019 | Company News

Earlier this month the PeerJ team heard some expected but still exciting news about the official inclusion of PeerJ Computer Science in Web of Science’s Science Citation Index Expanded database. The Science Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index and fully indexes...
Assessing journal quality: Why a broad audience is a step towards tangible impact

Assessing journal quality: Why a broad audience is a step towards tangible impact

by PeerJ Community | Jun 22, 2017 | Community

Who reads your work and who are you intending to reach in publishing your research? As mentioned in a previous post on how researchers assess journal quality, authors decide where to publish based on a wide variety of determinations of impact, quality, and rigor....
What do we mean when we talk about journal impact? Digging into citations and quality in scientific publishing.

What do we mean when we talk about journal impact? Digging into citations and quality in scientific publishing.

by PeerJ Community | Jun 19, 2017 | Community, Company News

‘Impact’ is one of those words that can simultaneously provoke hope, anger, anxiety, and derision among scientists, publishers and research funders alike. We expect the full range of emotions following last week’s release of the latest journal Impact Factor stats....

Debrief – Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science

by Jason Hoyt | Apr 6, 2016 | Company News

PeerJ was fortunate enough to be invited to Amsterdam for the EU Presidency Conference on Open Science this past Monday and Tuesday (April 4-5, 2016). I was able to attend and represent PeerJ. We had some fantastic early Summer weather (save a spot of rain), which is...
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