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Should editors influence journal impact factors?
Dr Frank-T. Krell
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Editor-in-Chief, DMNS Annals
Editor 2003-2008,Systematic Entomology
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Authors complaining about impact factor manipulation by editors
Consequences of such IF manipulation?Higher impact factor of the journal the author publishes in.
Who are the beneficiaries of such IF manipulation?
• All authors publishing in this journal.• Publisher of this journal.
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Is it manipulation?
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Impact factors derive from the citation process
Factors dominating the citation process:
• scientific relevance• strategy• sloppiness/laziness• bias• ignorance• voluntary choice• manipulation
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Citation process
Is:Subjective and biased
Results in:Indicators
• for attention a paper receives,• not for quality
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Editors’ actions unethical?
• Editors’ actions are not intruding or bending an objective process
• Editors contribute to the process in the same framework as authors or referees,
• but generally to a much lesser extent
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Editors’ actions unethical?
Expectations in editors:• Maintaining/raising quality of journal• Raising attention to the journal
• Probably: building a journal identity/community; journal being more than an accumulation of papers
Making sure that appropriate citations aren’t missedGetting papers published that attract citations
Editorials, probably referring to papers publishedIf appropriate: journal-focused reviews
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• Rejecting quality papers because of low citation expectations
• Insisting in journal self citations• or in non-citations of competing journals
Interfering with author’s responsibilities andscholarship for marketing purposes
Unethical editors’ actions
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Ethical editors’ actions
• Informing authors about related papers in own journal
• Informing authors about obviously missed references to own journal’s papers
• Suggesting such citations if author considers them appropriate
Service for authors and journal