This is my summary of Brembs, Button, and Munafo (2013), “Deep impact: unintended consequences of journal rank.” Main points I took from the paper: 1) Some journals get their “impact factor” through shady means. 2) How does journal rank relate to reliability of results and rate of retractions? 3) Do higher ranking journals publish “better” […]
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