"Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations" https://t.co/NuaZMPbAXC AKA when clever scientists use irrelevant, lazy data to make decisions... Results not surprising, but depressing. #metrics
"Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations" - fascinating read about attitudes & use of JIF in US & Canada. If you have an interest in #researchimpact read it. Even better, a mention for @conulireland & MyRI
Potentially interesting article on the use of Journal Impact Factors with a concluding statement of.............
"There is work to be done to improve evaluation processes to avoid the potential misuse of metrics like the JIF"
https://t.co/avd8V2sIyz