The use of departmental journal lists in promotion and tenure decisions at American research universities

Bales, Stephen; Hubbard, David; Sare, Laura; Olivarez, Joseph

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2019.02.005

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“…Half of the respondents (6) said that they are not sure. In contrast, 79% of Bales, et al (2019) respondents stated they don't and 8% said they do. Given that only 13% of their respondents were not sure that a list existed against half of this survey's respondents, the percentage of HEIs keeping a list is proportionate.…”

Section: Predatory Journalsmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…In response to a final question on whether publishing by a tenure and promotion candidate in a journal on this list influences how their publication is perceived, half (4) of the responding HEIs believe it does. Similarly, Bales, et al (2019) found that the majority of their respondents looked sceptically at publications in such journals during tenure and promotion evaluations.…”

Section: Predatory Journalsmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…A common point among most of the documents is the use of the journal impact factor (JIF) as a measure to assess the impact of faculty to the detriment of other criteria and metrics. Bales et al (2019) argued that tenure and promotion committees should focus on the quality of the actual publication rather than on the journal where it appeared. The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and The Leiden Manifesto are two successful initiatives that introduce new factors and measures for consideration in assessing research impact.…”

Section: Tenure and Promotionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Open Sesame? Open access priorities, incentives, and policies among higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates

Boufarss

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2020

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Higher education institutions (HEIs) have an instrumental role in the move towards Open Access (OA) by shaping the national strategies, policies, and agendas. This study sets out to explore the role of HEIs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) OA uptake and reflect on the ongoing international initiatives pushing for universal OA to research. The study is based on an online survey targeted at UAE higher education institutions research management units. In order to measure the institutional views, only one response was solicited from each institution. A total of 19 valid responses were received, making up 47% of HEIs included in the population of organisations. Our results suggest that there is low commitment to OA among UAE HEIs as attested by the low number of OA policies, scarce OA funding, limited proliferation of institutional repositories, perceived lack of urgency to migrate from current access models, and little consideration of OA for promotion purposes. The study is the first of its kind in the UAE, Arab and Middle Eastern countries, providing rare insight into a growing phenomenon that is global, yet most vocally discussed from a western perspective and context. The study contributes to the debate on the role of HEIs in the transition to OA and in shaping national and regional OA policies, as well as informing international initiatives about the current status of OA in the region.

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Section: Predatory Journalsmentioning

confidence: 92%

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confidence: 92%

Section: Tenure and Promotionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Open Sesame? Open access priorities, incentives, and policies among higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates

Boufarss

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2020

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“…Of the other scholarly quality indicators that were mentioned in the tenure documents, few provided clear guidance. It is understandable and even desirable that RPT criteria avoid being overly prescriptive; the use of highly prescriptive criteria, such as journal lists or journal blacklists can impinge on academic freedom, limit OA publishing, and impede interdisciplinary work (Bales, Hubbard, vanDuinkerken, Sare, & Olivarez, 2019). However, the vagueness of some quality indicators could actually lead to an increase in predatory publishing.…”

Section: Tenure and Promotion Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the inclusion of journal lists in RPT criteria is unwise. Not only can lists be seen as an impingement on academic freedom (Bales et al, 2019), they do not remain useful after their creation. The predatory journals identified in this assessment may change their names, new predatory journals will be created, faculty could discover different predatory journals, well-run journals could become illegitimate, and, on a positive note, some of the predatory journals could improve their practices and become legitimate.…”

Section: Tenure and Promotion Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Publications and Evaluations: Conducting a Baseline Assessment of Open Access Adoption and Support at an R2 University

Vandagriff

2020

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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INTRODUCTION This study reflects a mid-size university library’s first attempt to assess faculty research output to shape future scholarly communications efforts. METHODOLOGY The assessment combined a qualitative analysis of the university’s reappointment, promotion, and tenure (RPT) documents with a quantitative analysis of faculty publications recorded in Digital Measures from 2015-2019. The RPT documents were coded to determine which indicators of scholarly value were emphasized, then compared with data on where and how faculty were publishing. RESULTS Within RPT documents, peer review was frequently emphasized, but open access and predatory publishing were not mentioned. The majority of publications occurred in hybrid journals, and publishing was concentrated among only a handful of publishers, with 11 publishers responsible for 62% of faculty’s research output. OA journal publications have risen slightly in recent years but still accounted for only 20.7% of UCCS publications. However, predatory publishing was very low, accounting for less than 5% of UCCS publications. DISCUSSION More education is needed on the importance of open access and how to assess the quality of a journal. RPT criteria consistently mentioned certain indicators of scholarly quality, but these indicators were often vague and preferential to traditional publishing models. Both open access and predatory publishing remain low, and additional education may help faculty feel more confident in exploring alternative publishing models. CONCLUSION Assessing the research output of faculty and how scholarship is being evaluated within each college can help libraries to tailor their efforts to promote open access publishing. However, the lack of OA support in the RPT criteria suggests a larger cultural shift is needed to make faculty not only aware of OA, but also encouraged and supported in publishing OA.

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The use of keywords in archaeornithology literature

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2022

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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A keyword reflects the subject matter of a journal article that is chosen by its author(s). The selection of keywords by researchers in their works is crucial to disseminating knowledge, increasing publication citations, and advancing a science career. We examined keywords chosen in the titles and keyword sections of the archaeornithology literature generated by past meetings of the Bird Working Group (BWG), International Council for Archaeozoology. We report our results to (1) identify keywords that have been shared across authors, (2) make suggestions to improve showcasing researchers' works, and (3) heighten the importance of keyword choice. Additionally, we propose that the BWG and its members consider recommending a keyword scheme for use in future publications.

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The use of departmental journal lists in promotion and tenure decisions at American research universities

Cited by 14 publications

References 27 publications

Open Sesame? Open access priorities, incentives, and policies among higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates

Open Sesame? Open access priorities, incentives, and policies among higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates

Publications and Evaluations: Conducting a Baseline Assessment of Open Access Adoption and Support at an R2 University

The use of keywords in archaeornithology literature

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