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Is Citation Index of a Journal more important than the actual research?

Image Source: The ?Cost of Knowledge? ? On the Elsevier boycott and the push for more open access - See more at: http://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2012/04/12/cost-knowledge-learned-ongoing-elsevier-boycott http://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2012/04/12/cost-knowledge-learned-ongoing-elsevier-boycott/ This doodle sums up the Cost of Knowledge for publsihing and subscibing to academic journals with a high citation index.

More and more private universities these days, are pushing their academicians to publish articles in academic journals and scientific journals that have a higher citation index and impact factor. Some universities even bear the publishing costs to these reputed journals with a high citation index and impact factor and provide further incentives in terms of… Continue reading Is Citation Index of a Journal more important than the actual research?

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