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Rethinking the Role of Journals: Peer Review and Impact in the Digital Age

Explore the significance of peer review in academic journals, assessing its value in terms of impact and effectiveness within the scholarly community. Delve into the debate on the necessity of traditional journals and the emergence of open peer review systems.

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Rethinking the Role of Journals: Peer Review and Impact in the Digital Age

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  1. PPA Information Resource Summit SLAC 10.5.07 Enrico M. Balli

  2. PPA Information Resource Summit SLAC 10.5.07 Do we still need journals? Enrico M. Balli

  3. What is a journal? The value added by a journal: • Typesetting • Distribution • Preservation • Peer review

  4. Editorial Office Editor Author Referees WJ Software (+ Internet) Peer Review in the contemporary age Evaluation Submission Report DB Published!

  5. Is the peer review still useful? A measure of its usefulness can be obtained by analyzing how papers published in journals are effective in terms of impact within the community.

  6. Is the peer review still useful? An approximate measure of this effectiveness is the number of citations collected.

  7. Is the peer review still useful? Form factors give a more detailed view of the impact than the simple impact factor: • Most journals have a large tail at low impact factors • Most papers receive less than 10 citations after publication

  8. Is the peer review still useful? The non refeered pre-print archives have a form factor close to the average journal Is some sort of “open peer review” already in place?

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