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  1. New journal #ImpactFactors are out. I know that it is highly disputed performance measure. It reflects rather whether authors produce papers that readers like and cite, than editorial foresight. That of NeoBiota increased to 5.1.

    Still I am happy that our scientific community on #AlienSpecies (exotics, non-natives) value and trust our journal so much. Thank you to authors, reviewers, associate and special editors and the great production team at Pensoft Publishers.

    neobiota.pensoft.net/

  2. @noisyastronomer @academicchatter

    It’s actually across #disciplines (vs within them) that I think #ImpactFactors are most problematic, since disciplinary citation practices & publishing speed vary so immensely

    (My main fields, esp #sociology, sort of average out by being extremely slow—so at 5 yrs, an article might be just starting to show up in published lit—but also requiring a large number of #citations due to having few widely shared standards for good work, thus emphasizing “framing”)