The meaning of ‘impact’: prestige or relevance for developing world research? - Open Access in the Developing World
abernard102@gmail.com 2014-07-30
Summary:
"This is a guest post by Eve Gray. Once an academic publisher in Cape Town, she went on to be a publishing strategy consultant before becoming a researcher on open access scholarly communications at the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning and the IP Law Unit at UCT. To mark the release of the 2014 Impact Factor Report she debates the value impact factors serve for the developing world ..."