Nothing wrong with the impact factor as long as it isn't a hindrance to free and timely flow of scientific research results, I should think.
100% I accept but think it can be just as biased, eg sexist racist, high for reasons not scientific. And...
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real or complex, then? /me ducks and runs
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Unsigned of course :)
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I dunno about that... the odd negative here and there maybe ;)
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Sure, not advocating altmetrics as whole solution. I'm still definitely advocating that JIF is the problem though ;)
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Not saying it isn't a problem, but irrelevant to science communication if you always post a preprint anyway.
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but altmetrics can also be biased, based on who is twitter famous etc. This is not just a function of sci merit!
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