#jif — Public Fediverse posts

@Rhube @MaddieM4 Wait what?? The rest of the world calls Jif Cif??! I honestly had no idea, we've only ever called it Jif in Australia #jif #cif

𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 celebrates its highest journal impact factor (#JIF) ever. At the same time, it editorializes against the "enshittification" of academic publishing caused by JIFs.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268126000803

PS: Even journals that deplore JIFs can have high JIFs. They don't have to stop talking about their JIFs. But when they mention them, they should do it this way.

#Metrics #ScholComm

Update. In Spanish cancer research, "the number of papers authored by men was greater than that authored by women, although there was a gradual trend towards parity. Interestingly, the two most prolific authors are women, and women have larger co-authorship networks than men do. Funding is an important factor in determining whether an article is published in the first or second quartile [of #JIF journals], as is collaboration between two or more countries. However, the percentage of women and preferred authorship does not determine the [citation] impact of a publication, and as the percentage of women increases, the citation count decreases."
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.2086

#Gender #GenderBias

A new study shows that articles from #PaperMills can get "50 to 100% more citations than other papers" even with fewer downloads. One cause for the extra citations is mutual citation by the same papers.

Primary source (preprint)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.25.727627v1

Summary in Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01908-8

#JIF #Misconduct #ScholComm

In the field of sleep disorders "only 27.7% of articles exceeded their journal’s #JIF, while 72.3% fell below it."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

PS: About 3/4 of articles that might use their journal's impact factor as a bragging point actually drag down the journal's average citation impact.

Beyond impact factor: citation...

A new study on citation impact (in the field of sleep disorders) finds that "only 27.7% of articles exceeded their journal’s #JIF, while 72.3% fell below it."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11325-026-03735-7

PS: In other words, about three-fourths of articles that might use their journal's impact factor as a bragging point (advertisement, credential, distinction, tribute) actually drag down the journal's average citation impact. Another reason why it's wrong to judge articles (and authors) by journal-based metrics.

#CitationImpact #Journals #ScholComm

Kudos to the #MIT Graduate Student Council for adopting "a resolution expressing support for campus libraries to exit big deal journal packages and calling for changes to promotion and tenure processes to move away from journal-based metrics."
https://www.heliosopen.org/campus-rpt-reform-case-studies/mit-graduate-student-council

Here's the resolution itself.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KLbj4UEGR8c_TT9sxt5D68JEIwDl7nof/view

#Assessment #BigDeals #Cancellations #ECR #JIF #Libraries #Metrics #Students

Another reason to distrust journal-based citation metrics: "Suspected #papermill articles…cited – and were cited by – other suspected paper mill articles…The resulting citations…measurably inflated journal citation metrics." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #Citations #JIF #ScholComm

Another reason to distrust journal-based citation metrics:

"Suspected #papermill articles…cited – and were cited by – other suspected paper mill articles and appeared in journals previously reported as paper mill targets. The resulting citations from suspected paper mill articles measurably inflated journal citation metrics."
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.25.727627v1

#Citations #JIF #ScholComm

@dgar what if we want to pronounce it gar regardless of what the originator intended? 😂😁
#jif #gif

Jif Is Making a Big Change to Its Fan-Loved Peanut Butter

Peanut butter is a timeless pantry staple. Whether you enjoy it with an apple to dip, on a sandwich with jelly or even bananas Elvis-style, in cookies, or simply by the spoonful (we don’t judge), there’s likely a jar of peanut butter in every one of our…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #CookingTopics #Jif #PeanutAllergy #PeanutButter
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2552381/jif-is-making-a-big-change-to-its-fan-loved-peanut-butter/

I kropla historii indeksowania przez
@Clarivate
publikacji z datą online first i ujmowania w takiej formie w #JCR i #JIF
https://clarivate.com/academia-government/blog/the-jcr-reload-and-a-look-ahead-to-the-introduction-of-early-access-content-in-2021/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Esta organización se hace por posición y no por rango: se coge el total de las revistas de un campo, se ordena en función del #factordeimpacto #JIF y se divide en 4 grupos iguales El Q1 lo forma el 25% con mayor JIF, el Q2 el siguiente 25% etc
En la práctica esto quiere decir q puede haber más diferencia entre revistas dentro de un cuartil que de un cuartil a otro: puede haber (y hay) más diferencia en el factor de impacto de la primera a la última revista de un cuartil que de la última revista

"Most researchers would receive more recognition if assessed by article-level metrics than by journal-level metrics."
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.3003532

PS: It's important to add that article-level metrics are preferable anyway. This is true whether we use citation metrics to measure impact or misuse them to measure quality.

#Assessment #COARA #DORA #JIF

Il CNRS francese, dopo aver abbandonato Scopus (Elsevier), sospenderà a fine anno anche gli abbonamenti al padre di tutti i database bibliometrici commerciali, Clarivate Analytics, in seno al quale fu concepito nel secolo scorso – quando l’azienda si chiamava ISI – il fattore d’impatto. Così, mentre in Italia vigono ancora rigide soglie bibliometriche per accedere a commissioni e […]

https://aisa.sp.unipi.it/il-cnrs-si-libera-dal-journal-impact-factor/

"We present DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology, evolutionary biology and archaeology (https://dafnee.isem-evolution.fr/). DAFNEE includes information on over 600 journals (co)run by academic or non-profit institutions, aiming at helping to keep publishing funds within the academic community. The database details these journal’s business models, article processing charges, citation rates and partnerships. We show that DAFNEE journals compare favourably to non-DAFNEE ones in terms of editorial and financial policy, while offering similar citation rates."
https://academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jeb/voaf143/8325101

PS: I like this idea and hope that researchers in other fields will work on their own versions. The job could be done badly. But if done well, the big plus is that promotion and tenure committees would have (new) good reasons to shift to more academic-friendly criteria and away from a narrow focus on brand, prestige, and metrics like impact factor.

#Assessment #JIF #ScholComm

Update. This new study confirms those above by showing that "low-JIF [journal impact factor] journals are often primary sources for much applied work of narrow regional or taxonomic interest essential for successful intervention on the ground."

PS: I repeat, cockeyed emphasis on high-JIF publication is another factor endangering species.

#Animals #Conservation #Impact #JIF #Metrics

"#Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of #AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket."
https://fortune.com/2025/07/16/delta-moves-toward-eliminating-set-prices-in-favor-of-ai-that-determines-how-much-you-personally-will-pay-for-a-ticket/

PS: Lots to hate here. But suppose the model spreads to other industries. (Yes, this is sci-fi for now. But let your imagination run free.) Imagine that academic #publishers used this model to set #APCs. What would AI tools infer from your institutional affiliation (about available resources), first name (about gender), surname (about ethnicity), submitted manuscript (about guesstimated quality), and past publications (about specialization, reputation, impact)? What odd variables would it factor in, such as the number of Trump-banned words (for political protection) or the number of citations to that journal (for #JIF)? How would it use all this information? Would it lower the #APC for you, to bring you in, or raise it, to price you out?

For airlines or journals, would there be any reason to stick with the model if it didn't raise net revenues?

#Economics #Prices #ScholComm

Excellent: "More than 100 institutions and funders worldwide have confirmed that research published in #eLife continues to be considered in hiring, promotion, and funding decisions, following the journal’s bold move to forgo its Journal Impact Factor."
https://elifesciences.org/for-the-press/bf74b86e/more-than-100-institutions-and-funders-confirm-recognition-of-elife-papers-signalling-support-for-open-science

PS: This is not just a step to support eLife, but a step to break the stranglehold of bad metrics in research assessment. For the same reason, it's a step toward more honest and less simplistic assessment.

#Academia #Assessment #JIF #Metrics #Universities
@academicchatter

New study: More than one-third of public health #journals (33.7%) do not ask authors for data-sharing statements. Those that do request data-sharing statements are more likely to be #OpenAccess, high in #JIF, published in the UK, or endorsers of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (#CONSORT).
https://www.jmir.org/2025/1/e64069

Note that "the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (#ICMJE) require[s] that all papers submitted after July 1, 2018, must include a data-sharing statement."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2630773

#Medicine #OpenData #ScholComm

Update. Confirming the study above, a new study finds that when new #species are added to the endangered species list, the research documenting the danger comes much more often from low-JIF journals than from high-JIF journals. The authors call for new impact metrics to take this into account.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00144-w
(#paywalled)

PS: There are two related conclusions here. Academic incentives for high-JIF publications lead scientists away from research that might help save endangered species. Helping save endangered species is an important kind of impact that fails to register on prevailing impact metrics.

#Animals #Assessment #Extinction #JIF #Metrics

More evidence catching #publishers at gaming their journal impact factor (#JIF).
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.03771

"Sneaked references are references registered in the metadata of publications without being listed in reference section or in the full text of the actual publications where they ought to be found. We document here 80,205 references sneaked in metadata of the International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (#IJISRT). These sneaked references are registered with Crossref and all cite -- thus benefit -- this same journal."

#FakeCitations #Misconduct #ScholComm

How #authors and #journals both benefit from publishing #AI slop.
https://www.science.org/content/article/shoddy-commentaries-quick-and-dirty-route-higher-impact-numbers-are-rise

Authors get another publication for their resumes, perhaps a PubMed-indexed publication. If it's a #commentary, not a research article, they needn't do any new research. Journals get an #APC, citations to game their impact factor (#JIF), or both.

#ScholComm

The most used impact factor is the Journal Impact Factor (#JIF) of Web of Science (there's also others, like the CiteScore of Scopus). To determine a journal's JIF, Web of Science takes the number of times that papers are cited in the past two years, divided by the total number of papers in the past two years. To do this, obviously, the journal has to exist at least two years, but Web of Science additionally requires the journal to exist for at least one year to be considered.

Several researchers contacted us with the question if IRRJ will get an impact factor. We understand that some universities require young researchers to publish in journals with an impact factor, for instance for tenure tracks and other career advancements. IRRJ plans to become a appealing journal for young researchers at such universities too, and we will do our best of be assigned an impact factor. #JIF #WebOfScience

New study: "[Impact factor stats for] #OpenAccess journals adhere to #BenfordsLaw more closely than subscribed journals."
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10753145
(#paywalled)

Benford's law is weird & fascinating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law

I have no idea what to make of its appearance here.

The authors' take: "The rate of increase in [non-OA] journals is much higher than that of OA journals…[&] violations of Benford's Law are more frequent in [non-OA] journals compared to open [OA] journals.

#JIF

Über die Kulturgeschichte des GIFs von Tilman Baumgärtel: https://pixel.hypotheses.org/3210 #gif #jif #image #pixel #www

Possibly #unpopularopinion
I view people who pronounce char as char, instead of char the same as people who pronounce #gif as #jif.

Most of the scientific evidence used to decide whether a species is endangered or not in the US is from journals with low-or no-#JIF (impact factor).

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.14391

Highlights (again) that we should stop using weird measures of impact in #academia :

"our findings stress the need to value and fund the taxa- and region-specific science that underpins actionable #conservation laws."

New study: The US Endangered Species Act (#ESA) requires use of the “best available science” for determining the status of a given species. But the best science on individual taxa & regions is usually published in journals with low journal impact factors (#JIF). We must "value & fund the taxa- & region-specific science that underpins actionable #conservation laws" regardless of JIF.
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.14391

PS: Cockeyed emphasis on high-JIF publication is another factor endangering species.

#Animals #Assessment #Metrics