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It sounds like you saying the indexing services are the problem? I don't think that's the case. The citation indices can give you a rough idea of a journal's cl
by coryschires 15y ago
It sounds like you saying the indexing services are the problem? I don't think that's the case. The citation indices can give you a rough idea of a journal's clout within their field based on how frequently their articles are cited. That's (at least arguably) a reasonable way of measuring prestige. Obviously, authors want to be published in the top journals in their field, which also makes sense. We're not specifically trying to disrupt any of these practices.
- mrlase 15y agoIf you aren't specifically trying to disrupt that, then what ARE you trying to disrupt? Authors are still going to target prestigious journals first and work their way down if they can't get into the top.
- Morendil 15y agoOK. Let's just say that as a potential user of your product, I have a relatively good idea of what's wrong with academic publishing in my field and of how I'd like the world to look once these problems are solved. Given my specific issues, he citation indices are a bigger concern to me than the publishing portion. If you can address my concerns I'll probably end up using your product. It looks interesting enough that I'll probably give it a test drive anyway. I'll try contacting you off-HN if you're easy to find.