Re: [xmca] Publish and/or Perish (ISI Thomson journals list)

The list of ISI journals is available from our University [Un-ty of Toronto] Library as an electronic source. I believe all major [North American] universities subscribe to the materials of Thomson Publishers.

The list is pretty long, also, it is divided into two parts (Social and Natural Sciences, I guess). There is quite a lot of info there and it is not really clear how these data can be shared. I would be glad to be of any help if anybody could suggest what exactly is interesting with respect to ISI: just the list of titles (which is fairly easy to post here at xmca) or anything else?

--- On Fri, 7/4/08, Cathrene Connery <cconnery@ithaca.edu> wrote:

> From: Cathrene Connery <cconnery@ithaca.edu>
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Publish and/or Perish
> To: mcole@weber.ucsd.edu, "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Cc: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Received: Friday, July 4, 2008, 7:37 PM
> So, who has a list of the ISI journals? Anyone willing to
> share?
> Cathrene
>
>
>
> The BIG down side is total assimilation to the existing
> mainstream, David.
> >
> > I personally suggest a multi-valenced approach that
> includes ISI highly
> > rated journals and
> > deviant ones, like MCA.
> >
> > Michael left out part of the GOOD news. MCA has a
> rating that should win
> > it
> > ISI inclusion by year's end.
> >
> > I assume the PLAY article for discussion made it to
> everyone. People
> > reading
> > this weekend?
> > mike
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:50 PM, David Preiss
> <davidpreiss@uc.cl> wrote:
> >
> >> As a young scholar, I totally ENDORSE this
> petition, Michael. Indeed, I
> >> have always thought that MCA`s influence and
> intellectual appeal is not
> >> commensurate to its lack of inclusion in ISI.
> Alas, ISI! No chance but
> >> to
> >> play according to its rules, I guess.
> >> david
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jul 4, 2008, at 4:39 PM, Wolff-Michael Roth
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>> Mike and I have had a conversation off line.
> He suggested I should
> >>> write
> >>> to the list. It concerns the increasing
> pressure on all of us to
> >>> publish in
> >>> "good" journals, and universities
> increasingly use as a measure the
> >>> presence
> >>> and impact factor ranking in ISI Web of
> Science as a measure. This is
> >>> especially true for Asian countries and other
> countries. With my
> >>> graduate
> >>> students, we always make selections based on
> this criterion, because I
> >>> want
> >>> them to be successful in their home countries
> and careers.
> >>>
> >>> In the sciences, this has long been common
> practice; now the social
> >>> sciences are swept up by the same trend. I
> have recently been
> >>> bombarded by
> >>> publishers whose journals have increased in
> their impact factor.
> >>> Furthermore, there are a number of companies
> that make the rankings of
> >>> their
> >>> journal a key bit of information on the
> website.
> >>>
> >>> (Some of) You may be asking what this has to
> do with you. Well, since I
> >>> have been editing journals (besides MCA, I
> also do CULTURAL STUDIES OF
> >>> SCIENCE EDUCATION and FQS: FORUM QUALITATIVE
> SOCIAL RESEARCH), I have
> >>> been
> >>> asked by new faculty members about rejection
> rates, rankings, etc. And
> >>> I
> >>> have been asked by department heads and deans
> as well.
> >>>
> >>> Some may decide to opt out, which would come
> with dire consequences for
> >>> many, who might find themselves in the
> position of not being tenured or
> >>> promoted.
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately, we (MCA) currently are not in
> ISI Web of Science, which
> >>> places those of you who publish in the journal
> in an unfortunate
> >>> situation.
> >>>
> >>> One of the ways in which you, the community as
> a whole can be proactive
> >>> producing the conditions that would convince
> ISI to make MCA one of the
> >>> listed and ranked journals is to make it a
> habit to cite RECENT
> >>> articles you
> >>> have been reading in MCA. Here is why:
> >>>
> >>> The impact factor for 2007 (which is what was
> made available just a few
> >>> days ago), for example, is calculated using
> the following formula:
> >>>
> >>> Number of citations
> in 2007 referencing
> >>> articles
> >>> published in 2005 and 2006
> >>> impact factor =
> >>>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Number
> of citable articles
> >>> published
> >>> in 2005 and 2006
> >>>
> >>> (They may not take into account self-citation,
> but I am not sure)
> >>>
> >>> So the impact factor is 1 when a journal had
> 60 references from the
> >>> outside while having published 60 articles
> (over 2005 and 2006).
> >>>
> >>> You see, as a community, you can help yourself
> by citing MCA work in
> >>> other
> >>> journals. With high rankings, MCA will be
> included in ISI and then you
> >>> and
> >>> your peers will be rated higher at your
> institution because it is part
> >>> of
> >>> ISI.
> >>>
> >>> Have a nice weekend all of you,
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>> Michael
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Wolff-Michael Roth, Editor-in-Chief
> >>> MIND, CULTURE, AND ACTIVITY
> >>> Email: mroth@uvic.ca
> >>> Journal:
> http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/1074-9039
> >>> Submissions:
> http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mca
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>
> >> David Preiss, Ph.D.
> >> Subdirector de Extensión y Comunicaciones
> >> Escuela de Psicología
> >> Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
> >> Av Vicuña Mackenna - 4860
> >> 7820436 Macul
> >> Santiago, Chile
> >>
> >> Fono: 3544605
> >> Fax: 3544844
> >> e-mail: davidpreiss@uc.cl
> >> web personal: http://web.mac.com/ddpreiss/
> >> web institucional:
> http://www.epuc.cl/profesores/dpreiss
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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