Hardin Scholarly Communication News

An editorial by the acting editor of BMJ writes:

“Emphasis on where research is published—relying on impact factors to reward academic work with funding or promotion—is ripping the soul out of academia. "Publications (sic) become more important than teaching and the actual research itself," said one discussant. I asked an author why his paper, which fitted naturally in the BMJ, had been submitted to another journal. The response was pained, a touch embarrassed, but honest: the dean of his institution had instructed researchers to publish in journals with the highest possible impact factor to help with the research assessment exercise. This was a major consideration.”

Read more and participate in the “Rapid Responses” at: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7471/0-h?eaf&eaf
(access restricted to UI affiliates and others with subscriptions to BMJ)

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