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20062014
most citedImpact Factor: outdated artefact or stepping-stone to journal certification?

377 citations · 867 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

q-bio.QM2014★ 4 cited

Planning horizons and end conditions for sustained yield studies in continuous cover forests

Jerome K. Vanclay

The contemporary forestry preoccupation with non-declining even-flow during yield simulations detracts from more important questions about the constraints that should bind the end…

q-bio.QM2014★ 13 cited

Unsuspected implications arising from assumptions in simulations: insights from recasting a forest growth model in system dynamics

Jerome K Vanclay

Familiarity with a simulation platform can seduce modellers into accepting untested assumptions for convenience of implementation. These assumptions may have consequences greater t…

cs.DL2012★ 377 cited

Impact Factor: outdated artefact or stepping-stone to journal certification?

Jerome K. Vanclay

A review of Garfield's journal impact factor and its specific implementation as the Thomson Reuters Impact Factor reveals several weaknesses in this commonly-used indicator of jour…

cs.DL2012★ 13 cited

Metrics to evaluate research performance in academic institutions: A critique of ERA 2010 as applied in forestry and the indirect H2 index as a possible alternative

Jerome K. Vanclay, Lutz Bornmann

Excellence for Research in Australia (ERA) is an attempt by the Australian Research Council to rate Australian universities on a 5-point scale within 180 Fields of Research using m…

cs.DL2011★ 9 cited

Publication patterns of award-winning forest scientists and implications for the ERA journal ranking

Jerome K Vanclay

Publication patterns of 79 forest scientists awarded major international forestry prizes during 1990-2010 were compared with the journal classification and ranking promoted as part…

cs.DL2010★ 44 cited

An evaluation of the Australian Research Council's journal ranking

Jerome K. Vanclay

As part of its program of 'Excellence in Research for Australia' (ERA), the Australian Research Council ranked journals into four categories (A*, A, B, C) in preparation for their…