How to avoid borrowed plumes in academia
Abstract
Publications in top journals today have a powerful influence on academic careers although there is much criticism of using journal rankings to evaluate individual articles. We ask why this practice of performance evaluation is still so influential. We suggest this is the case because a majority of authors benefit from the present system due to the extreme skewness of citation distributions. “Performance paradox” effects aggravate the problem....
Paper Details
Title
How to avoid borrowed plumes in academia
Published Date
Feb 1, 2020
Journal
Volume
49
Issue
1
Pages
103831 - 103831
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