Does China need to rethink its metrics- and citation-based research rewards policies?
Abstract
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China has set forth ambitious goals, as part of its Citation Impact Upgrading Plan (CIUP), to fortify the standing of Chinese academics as well as Chinese academic journals. At present, MOST primarily considers Clarivate Analytics journal impact factor (JIF), which is a proprietary scientometric measure, as a measure of quality. Academic publishing is however, starting to move away from metrics...
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Title
Does China need to rethink its metrics- and citation-based research rewards policies?
Published Date
Jun 12, 2017
Journal
Volume
112
Issue
3
Pages
1853 - 1857
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