Irreproducible Results—a Response to Thomson Scientific
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10.1083/jcb.200801036 Thomson Scientifi c has posted a response ( 1 ) to our editorial on the reliability of their impact factor data ( 2 ). In it, they claim that our interpretation of the communication between our offi ce and their Research Services Group was “ misleading and inaccurate ” . We have already published some excerpts from these communications in our previous editorial. For propriety ’ s sake, however, we have refrained from publishing internal Thomson Scientifi c e-mails, sent to us accidentally, which substantiate our claim that they could not provide us with the original data underlying the published 2006 impact factor calculations. Although Thomson Scientifi c ’ s assertion that they do not have two separate databases may be correct, it is clear from their response that different groups within the corporation apply different fi lters to the data in their database, one of which removes erroneous records. Why this fi lter is not used for the published impact factors is still unclear. Impact factors are determined from a dataset produced by searching the Thomson Scientifi c database using specifi c parameters. As previously stated, our aim was to purchase that dataset for a few journals. Even if those results were for some reason not stored by Thomson Scientifi c, it is inconceivable to us that they cannot run the same search over the same database to produce the same dataset. The citation data for a given year should be static. In essence, Thomson Scientifi c is saying that they cannot repeat the experiment, which would be grounds for rejection of a manuscript submitted to any scientifi c journal. Irreproducible results: a response to Thomson Scientifi c
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of Cell Biology
دوره 180 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008