ASM Journals Eliminate Impact Factor Information from Journal Websites

Casadevall, Arturo; Bertuzzi, Stefano; Buchmeier, Michael J.; Davis, Roger J.; Drake, Harold L.; Fang, Ferric C.; Gilbert, Jack A.; Goldman, Barbara M.; Imperiale, Michael J.; Matsumura, Philip; McAdam, Alexander J.; Pasetti, Marcela F.; Sandri‐Goldin, Rozanne M.; Silhavy, Thomas J.; Rice, Louis B.; Young, Jo Anne H.; Shenk, Thomas

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“…The fact that predatory journals provide fake IFs that are not produced by Thompson Reuters further confuses the matter. Recently, American Society for Microbiology journals have removed their impact information from their websites in protest over the continued inappropriate use of IFs (Casadevall et al, 2016). I would add that a journal such as Theory & Psychology , which does not feature the latest in cognitive neuroscience or cognitive behavior therapy, would never achieve the highest rankings.…”

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For a Virtual Wayzgoose: A Farewell Editorial on the Mutations of Theory and Journals

Stam

2016

Theory & Psychology

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Being the closing words of the retiring editor, this constitutes a tripartite reflection on 26 years at the helm of a journal that has continued to thrive in a vast discipline oriented in other ways. First, theory as a problem, orientation, and aim has evolved in the interval, while continuing to carry the weight of critique and renewal. Second, journals have become vehicles more for rapid communication than deep reflection but despite the physical changes in the creation and transmission of articles some features remain unchanged. Finally, an editor who has overstayed his welcome owes a debt of gratitude to more people than he can possibly thank in one editorial, but an attempt worthy of the debt is made nonetheless. , 1996, pp. 180-181). Once it is acknowledged . . . that theory cannot become entirely transcendent or selfsufficient, once the subject of theory is understood as inextricably intertwined in the world it tries to observe from afar, once theory and its resistances are seen as mutually entailing, then the charge that theory is merely an example of a discredited ocularcentrism based on the fantasy of a God's eye view loses much of its force. (JayIt has been my privilege to edit this journal for the past 26 years and to have the opportunity to meet, mostly via the mails and email, so many smart authors, reviewers, and collaborators in the process. I shall miss the contact even as I recognize the importance of having a pair of fresh eyes with new perspectives take the helm of Theory & Psychology. I am grateful to have such an accomplished successor as Kieran O'Doherty. The journal is in good hands and I look forward to following its continuing adventures in theory. Hence I consider this a virtual wayzgoose, which, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is "an entertainment given by a master printer to his workmen around St

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For a Virtual Wayzgoose: A Farewell Editorial on the Mutations of Theory and Journals

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2016

Theory & Psychology

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“…Their discussion is well-timed as the question of the value of IF is under open debate in the research community. 1,2…”

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Citation Index Is Not Critically Important to Veterinary Pathology, Medicine, and Research

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Meyerholz²

2018

Vet Pathol

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“…1 Similarly, editors for the American Society for Microbiology journals have recently decided to remove IF content from their journals’ websites so as to bring the focus back on publishing high-quality science. 3…”

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“…4 The impetus to publish in high-IF scientific journals has reached a point where it has become detrimental to science. 3 This atmosphere has also spawned several mechanisms for gaming/manipulating of IF scores, and these range from efforts to manipulate citation data to overt editorial pressure on authors to cite articles in their respective journals. 12 In recent years, regulations have been enacted to constrain these manipulations; even so, the continued lack of transparency (and reproducibility) for IF calculations is a sign that warrants concern.…”

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“…1 Similarly, editors for the American Society for Microbiology journals have recently decided to remove IF content from their journals' websites so as to bring the focus back on publishing high-quality science. 3 With regard to Veterinary Pathology (IF ¼ 2.1 in 2015), how does the IF potentially affect the journal and what other options are available? The IF can affect the quality and scope of manuscript submissions.…”

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