When academics' opinions, which are published in academic journals as letters to the editor
or commentaries, are retracted based on sensitivities and objections that are raised for …

Ratings and rankings are omnipresent and influential in contemporary society. Individuals
and organizations strategically respond to incentives set by rating systems. We use …

An academic usually has a curriculum vitae (CV) or CV summary (resumé) that highlights
their professional career paths. CVs contain information which is written by the academic to …

Some editors try to artificially inflate their journals' citation count by coercing authors, telling
them to add citations referencing their journal even though the review process did not …

Journals indexed by Clarivate are temporarily suppressed from the Journal Citation Reports
(JCR) if their Journal Impact Factor (JIF) scores are distorted through excessive self-citations …

Author-based metrics (ABMs) and journal-based metrics (JBMs), as well as citations, are the
dominant currency of intellectual recognition in academia. These metrics and citations …

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has irrevocably transformed the lives
of academics and the public. This long period of “distraction” may be allowing misconduct …

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has irrevocably transformed the lives
of academics and the public. This long period of “distraction” may be allowing misconduct …

How to deal with grand challenges and the crisis of knowledge production and their
implications for entrepreneurial research and practice is a topic of growing interest. In this …

The launch of many new water journals in recent years is a testament to the growth and
importance of water research as a problematique, that is, as both a problem in and of itself …