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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hossein,<br>
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Sadly enough :-(, no academic measurement, including the Impact
Factor, is directed at measuring the impact of research on real
life, only its influence on the academic life. Publishing in a
highest ranking journal does not guarantee that a paper will be
picked up by the industry, or other real life sector for
implementation. Part of the problem here is the academic papers
being written in such a style that a "normal" person, most
probably, does not understand. What's more, IMHO, the high ranking
journals are among those that promote this style in no lesser
degree than the less ranking journals. On the positive side, this
problem is started to be understood, and, hopefully, the situation
will change in the nearest future :-).<br>
<br>
Hope, my message will take away some of your frustration :-).<br>
<br>
Best regards/Ilia<br>
<br>
On 2013-09-23 04:38, Hossein Seif Zadeh wrote:<br>
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<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Not currently
employed as an academic, I have just prepared a fresh jar of
coffee and I am embracing for an "interesting" philosophical
debate without any tangible, actionable, outcome; but alas
here we go again... </span></div>
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<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Just to share one
personal experience; I successfully completed a research
project a few years ago and I received a letter of
commendation (on federal government letterhead) specifically
saying my research was of "national importance" and "impact".
Later that year when I sought feedback on whether I should
include the letter in my upcoming promotion pack, I was told
it would contribute "zilch" as it was not peer-reviewed, not a
recognized publication, and it was "just one letter by one
person"!! Oh, well... Chalked it up as a lesson learnt;
original research of national importance has no place in
today's academia. Is this really the message we want to convey
to junior, aspiring, academics?</span></div>
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<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Coffee mug in hand,
feet up, ready for the onslaught of emails.... on second
thought, I might need a glass of red instead of coffee :-)
Should be an interesting 48 hours or or so before the debate
winds down.</span></div>
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<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cheers,</span></div>
<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Hossein </span></div>
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Sent from my iPhone</span></div>
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On 23/09/2013, at 3:22 AM, "Kappelman, Leon" <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Leon.Kappelman@unt.edu">Leon.Kappelman@unt.edu</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font
color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some of
our institutions have adopted or are considering the use
of impact factors as a metric for faculty performance.
Certainly our current faculty performance measures are
less than perfect so it seems to be a suggestion worthy
of consideration. But impact factors are not without
controversy and apparently prone to manipulation and
questionable behaviors. So before embracing impact
factors, consider that at least to some extent they are
a measure of what some might call “incestuous citation
behaviors.” Not surprising since most all of us
understand that when it comes to human behavior, you get
what you measure. The big question is: Do the positives
of using impact factors, or any other metric or
combination of measure for that matter, sufficiently
outweigh the negatives? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"> </font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font
color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here is
some of the “food for thought” that raised my eyebrows
enough to send this note:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
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"><font color="#000000"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nature.com/news/brazilian-citation-scheme-outed-1.13604">http://www.nature.com/news/brazilian-citation-scheme-outed-1.13604</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
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color="#000000"> </font></o:p></p>
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"><font color="#000000"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/08/13/sick-of-impact-factors/">http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/08/13/sick-of-impact-factors/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#000000"> </font></o:p></p>
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"><font color="#000000"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/journal-retracts-two-papers-after-being-caught-manipulating-citations/">http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/journal-retracts-two-papers-after-being-caught-manipulating-citations/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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"><font color="#000000"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.naturalnews.com/042152_citation_stacking_scientific_journals_dishonesty.html">http://www.naturalnews.com/042152_citation_stacking_scientific_journals_dishonesty.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Best
wishes,<br>
Leon Kappelman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">“Only a
virtuous people are capable of freedom.” – Benjamin
Franklin<o:p></o:p></font></b></p>
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Director Emeritus, Information Systems Research Center<br>
Fellow, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge<br>
College of Business, University of North Texas<br>
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