tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post6563853113299851291..comments2024-03-14T04:16:20.472-07:00Comments on In Socrates' Wake: "The average academic seeks to avoid exposure"Michael Cholbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012523929044363216noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post-12324342010781189912011-03-25T16:04:29.353-07:002011-03-25T16:04:29.353-07:00The commercial citation indexes also fail to index...The commercial citation indexes also fail to index the thousands of arts and humanities journals that are published ad hoc and for free online by learned societies / as open access, and these are thus deemed "impossible" to index by automated methods. Some of the open access publishing software has RSS feeds, but the bulk of freely available arts and humanities titles are placed on the web in an inconsistent way, usually without any way of getting even their table of contents to an automated service - let alone anything else of use to those who would measure them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post-17677761744300092972011-03-07T06:52:34.941-08:002011-03-07T06:52:34.941-08:00First, I'd like to point out that citation ind...First, I'd like to point out that citation indexes are NOT a reliable or valid indicator of citations in the humanities. This is because they only count citations IN JOURNAL ARTICLES. Because the monograph is so pervasive in the humanities, many of the citations of humanities journal articles will not be in other journal articles but in monographs WHICH ARE NOT INDEXED by the citation indexes. Which means that 93% number tells us nothing.<br /><br />That said, I think there is something about exposure. I've been blogging about these issues myself and one of my commentors brought up the conflict between the need to publish for validation (e.g. t&p) and the need to publish to communicate. It seems that the former now dominates, to the detriment of the latter, even making the communicative function of traditional means of dissemination (publishing and conferences) weaker. Those who blog, find it refreshing because they get to debate ideas, get feedback, etc.<br /><br />Personally, I think there is a place for both.JoVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680602039278597976noreply@blogger.com