[Open-access] Fwd: [FoRCnet.org] Digest for forcnet at googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic

Sun May 19 21:48:49 UTC 2013

Hi all,

this is an interesting announcement and there are a lot of recommendations
going with the petition against the use of the Impact Factor!!

Peter Suber also commented this on G+:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/109377556796183035206/posts/D6DvAfW5MT4

excuses in case of any cross-postings

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  Today's Topic Summary

Group: http://groups.google.com/group/forcnet/topics

   - Call to abandon the impact factor:
DORA<#13eb7f91a45a8eae_13eb7cd8a2be1f9c_group_thread_0>[1 Update]

  Call to abandon the impact factor:
DORA<http://groups.google.com/group/forcnet/t/72920240b14c4cbc>

   Maryann Martone <memartone at gmail.com> May 17 02:17PM -0700

   The American Society for Cell Biology has launched a petition signed by
   editors, scientists and organizations to abandon the impact factor:
   http://am.ascb.org/dora/

   See associated blog in Science:

   http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/05/call-to-abandon-journal-impact-f.html

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