Citations are increasingly used as performance indicators in research policy and within the
research system. Usually, citations are assumed to reflect the impact of the research or its …

For knowledge to benefit research and society, it must be trustworthy. Trustworthy research
is robust, rigorous, and transparent at all stages of design, execution, and reporting …

abstract The past decade has been marked by concerns regarding the replicability and
reproducibility of published research in the social sciences. Publicized failures to replicate …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the landscape of the cash-per-publication
reward policy in China and reveal its trend since the late 1990s. Design/methodology …

The publish-or-perish principle has become a fact of academic life in gaining a position or
being promoted. Evidence is mounting that benefits of this pressure is being countered by …

The journal impact factor () is, by far, the most discussed bibliometric indicator. Since its
introduction over 40 years ago, it has had enormous effects on the scientific ecosystem …

Ratings and rankings are omnipresent and influential in contemporary society. Individuals
and organizations strategically respond to incentives set by rating systems. We use …

Publications in top journals today have a powerful influence on academic careers although
there is much criticism of using journal rankings to evaluate individual articles. We ask why …

Contributorship statements were introduced by scholarly journals in the late 1990s to
provide more details on the specific contributions made by authors to research papers. After …

Academic rankings, despite their pitfalls, play a major role in the “business of business
schools.” The claim that “rankings are here to stay” continues to be frequently accepted at …