John Pickering • Dec 21, 2017 •
A few of weeks ago I outed the multi-million-dollar exercise that is the Quality Evaluation component of the performance based research fund (PBRF) as a futile exercise because there was no net gain in research dollars for the NZ academic community. Having revealed the Emperor’s new clothes, I awaited the call from the Minister in … Read More
John Pickering • Jul 03, 2013 •
Dr John Pickering Department of Medicine University of Otago Christchurch Christchurch New Zealand Dr Peter Kerr Editor Nephrology Journal of the Asia Pacific Society of Nephrology 3 July 2013 Re: Open letter regarding the Nephrology journal’s use of impact factors Dear Dr Kerr As an occasional referee for Nephrology and member of the ANZSN affiliated … Continue reading » … Read More
Siouxsie Wiles • Aug 19, 2012 •
‘Statistically illiterate’ is how scientist and blogger Stephen Curry describes those who support impact factors, used to rank scientific journals. The impact factor, calculated annually, reflects the mean number of citations to articles published in a journal in the two preceding years. He has a point. As Stephen describes: ….typically only 15% of … Read More
Shaun Hendy • Feb 10, 2010 •
In a post a few weeks ago, I looked at the total published output of the CRIs from 1993. Now I want to look at the citations to CRI papers. I will use two citation measures. The first is a two year impact factor, which is a measure that is often used to rank journals. The impact factor … Read More