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Date: tis 1 okt. 2024 kl 17:37
Subject: Web of Science puts mega-journals Cureus and Heliyon on hold
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From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <aokerson(a)gmail.com <asokerson(a)gmail.com>>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:38:50 -0400
Web of Science puts mega-journals Cureus and Heliyon on hold
Web of Science, Clarivate’s influential database of abstracts and
citations, has paused indexation of new content from the open-access
journals *Heliyon* and *Cureus*, apparently due to concerns about the
quality of their articles.
Indexation in WoS or Scopus, another major bibliometric database owned by
Elsevier, has become an important stamp of approval for scholarly
publications worldwide and can make or break a journal.
WoS is “making a big call here, taking aim at two of the mega-journals that
have grown massively in recent years,” said Nick Wise
<https://retractionwatch.com/2022/10/25/meet-a-sleuth-whose-work-has-resulte…>,
a scientific sleuth and a researcher at the University of Cambridge in the
United Kingdom. “WoS appears to be one of the only organisations with the
power to compel big publishers to act. I don’t think that’s a sign of a
healthy academic publishing system, but it’s how things are currently.”
Lots more here:
https://retractionwatch.com/2024/09/30/web-of-science-puts-mega-journals-cu…
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Jan Szczepański
F.d Förste bibliotekarie och chef för f.d Avdelningen för humaniora,
vid f.d. Centralbiblioteket, Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek
E-post: Jan.Szczepanski63(a)gmail.com
