Scientific Writing Blog
Tips and techniques for writing grant proposals and publicationsWhat is an Open Access journal? Types, costs, pros, and cons.
There are some factors that you need to be aware of when you are choosing a target journal to submit your research for publication, and one of them is Open Access. In this post we will compare the traditional publishing model to the Open Access publishing model.Let's...
Should you care about Journal Impact Factor?
In a previous post, we discussed the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). The Journal Impact Factor might be a key consideration you have when it comes time to decide where to publish your research. But, I would like to ask the question, should it be? I'm going to give you...
Alternatives to the Journal Impact Factor metric
In a previous post we talked about the Journal Impact Factor, how it's calculated, and how you should not use the journal impact factor alone. Let's look at some other metrics and see how they compare to the journal impact factor. Here we have a list of alternatives...
What is the h-index?
Have you heard of the h-index? In a previous post we talked about the Journal Impact Factor, and how it is sometimes misused to evaluate individual researchers based on the journals that they publish their papers in. A better way to measure the impact of individual...
What is the Journal Impact Factor?
Journal Impact Factor is a term you have probably heard before, maybe in a situation like this: A colleague comes to you and says “Hey, I've got this new paper to read that was published in a really good journal; it has a high impact factor” or maybe the opposite,...