Saturday, December 28, 2024

Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index; Ars Technica, December 19, 2024

BETH MOLE , Ars Technica; Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index

"The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals after failing to meet quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch.

On December 16, Clarivate—a scholarly publication analytics company—removed the journal Chemosphere from its platform, the Web of Science, which is a key index for academic journals. The indexing platform tracks citations and calculates journal "impact factors," a proxy for relevance in its field. It's a critical metric not only for the journals but for the academic authors of the journal's articles, who use the score in their pursuit of promotions and research funding."

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