[GOAL] [SCHOLCOMM] Question about changing 'esteem' value of journals

[Sandy Thatcher]

A similar phenomenon could occur with books if a publisher's 
reputation plummets, or a publisher once well known for its list in a 
certain field abandons that concentration. I think the latter 
probably occurs more frequently than the firmer. I know of no studies 
of this phenomenon either, however.

Sandy Thatcher


At 8:32 AM +0100 10/9/16, Danny Kingsley wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>This is a question that comes up every now and then with researchers.
>
>You spend all your career publishing in the 'Journal of X' because 
>it is the fancy-pants journal of your discipline. The citations to 
>your work in Journal of X are also part of your reputation. Then 
>something happens - the journal loses reputation, or is closed down, 
>or another journal becomes more influential (the Glossa example 
>comes to mind) and suddenly the 'Journal of X' is not considered the 
>top journal any more because 'Journal of Y' is. What happens to your 
>reputation?
>
>I get the argument that 'it shouldn't matter because the emphasis 
>should be on the quality of the paper' - but many (many, many) 
>researchers have impact factor deeply embedded in their psyche.
>
>I don't know if there are any case studies or writings on this issue 
>that anyone can point me to?
>
>Thanks in advance for help.
>
>Danny
>
>Dr Danny Kingsley
>Head, Office of Scholarly Communication
>Cambridge University Library
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>
>
>
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>This is a question that comes up every now and then with researchers.
>
>You spend all your career publishing in the 'Journal of X' because 
>it is the fancy-pants journal of your discipline. The citations to 
>your work in Journal of X are also part of your reputation. Then 
>something happens - the journal loses reputation, or is closed down, 
>or another journal becomes more influential (the Glossa example 
>comes to mind) and suddenly the 'Journal of X' is not considered the 
>top journal any more because 'Journal of Y' is. What happens to your 
>reputation?
>
>I get the argument that 'it shouldn't matter because the emphasis 
>should be on the quality of the paper' - but many (many, many) 
>researchers have impact factor deeply embedded in their psyche.
>
>I don't know if there are any case studies or writings on this issue 
>that anyone can point me to?
>
>Thanks in advance for help.
>
>Danny
>
>
>Dr Danny Kingsley
>Head, Office of Scholarly Communication
>Cambridge University Library
>West Road, Cambridge CB39DR
>P: +44 (0) 1223 747 437
>M: +44 (0) 7711 500 564
>E: <mailto:dak45 at cam.ac.uk>dak45 at cam.ac.uk
>T: @dannykay68
>B: <https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/>https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/
>S: <http://www.slideshare.net/DannyKingsley>http://www.slideshare.net/DannyKingsley
>ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3636-5939
>
>
>


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