It's high time universities stopped judging academics by *where* they have published rather than *what*.
We already have a form of rating for journals. It's called impact factor. It doesn't work, because judging papers by their place of publication is nonsensical. Linked data and semantic web technologies provide opportunities, I think, to handle the metadata associated with scientific publication, to represent the knowledge in academic publications, and to do so without the necessity for a centralised authority. But, then I am a researcher with a metanl narrow focus, so what do I know? Phil ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataport...@yahoo.com> writes: > This is a problem which manifests itself in every discipline and it preys on > basic human needs for recognition. The current publishing world of academia > itself is to blame partially. > > Because in each field of science scientists and researchers usually have a > short list of peer-reviewed journals and conferences in their mental narrow > focus, only librarians typically have a (often not much) better overview of > available reputable journals and conferences in respective fields. > > It is high time for a global registry of scientific publishers and their > respective journals and a form of rating and grading them. > > Linked data and semantic web technologies provide opportunities to create such > rating and grading systems, and maybe an item for a separate W3C Community > Group? > > > Milton Ponson > GSM: +297 747 8280 > PO Box 1154, Oranjestad > Aruba, Dutch Caribbean > Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for sustainable > development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT tools for NGOs > worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and repositories of data > and information for sustainable development > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If > you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This > message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. -- Phillip Lord, Phone: +44 (0) 191 222 7827 Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Email: phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk School of Computing Science, http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/phillip.lord Room 914 Claremont Tower, skype: russet_apples Newcastle University, twitter: phillord NE1 7RU