“Proposal For a Standard Article Metrics Dashboard to Replace the Journal Impact Factor” by David Lewis
From the Introduction of a New Paper by David Lewis (Dean Emeritus, IUPUI University Library):
As I noted in an earlier working paper, the journal impact factor, though it is widely understood to be deeply flawed, remains in use because it is a simple way on passing judgement on the quality of a recently published article. This is especially true in the cases, like promotion and tenure committees where the individuals passing judgement have no expertise in the subject the article speaks to and are pressed for time. In this paper I will propose a simple set of metrics, displayed in a dashboard, to be used to evaluate articles in contexts like promotion and tenure committees.
Direct to Full Text Working Paper: “Proposal for a Standard Article Metrics Dashboard to Replace the Journal Impact Factor” (via IUPUI ScholarWorks)
5 pages; PDF.
More Papers by David Lewis Available via IUPUI ScholarWorks
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Dashboards, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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