The mission of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is to advance scholarly publishing and communication, and the professional development of its members through education, collaboration, and networking. Identifying data to track research outputs and outcomes that are rigorous (high quality), relevant (socially responsible) and resonant (widely disseminated for practitioners uptake) is a challenging task. Alongside research, the rankings take into account analysis of and comparative data on graduate recruitment, salaries and satisfaction; as well as factors including sustainability in the curriculum; and gender balance and international mix of students, faculty and advisory boards. The list was originally developed in consultation with academics at the leading global business schools that participate in the FTs rankings, and has been updated and expanded several times over the past two decades. If youve intrigued our readers, where can they learn more? In her first letter, SSP President, @miranda234, encourages us to look out for people who look, learn, or move in ways that are different from our own and embody the core values of SSP#Community, #Inclusivity, #Adaptability, and #Integrity. I am the global education editor and in that role I help oversee the FTs editorial coverage of business education including our different business schools rankings. She would really like to do some relevant and interesting research on the intersection of bibliometrics and science policy\management and publish it in Research Evaluation or the like. Anyone with ideas, skills and ideas around relevant data is welcome to participate. Especially in light of the brutal role of FT50, AJG 4* and similar lists in tenure\promotion in the UK and elsewhere which is not mentioned in the interview. Heckman famously wrote about the Tyranny of the top five in economics. Lets start off with the basics. The rankings help prospective students, recruiters, faculty and others assess different qualifications and programs around the world. They are not necessarily those held by the Society for Scholarly Publishing nor by their respective employers. We will reconvene to discuss and share outcomes in November. Alongside research, the rankings take into account analysis of and comparative data on graduate recruitment, salaries and satisfaction; as well as factors including sustainability in the curriculum; and gender balance and international mix of students, faculty and advisory boards. Encouraging news! I once had a chat with a colleague from the leading London university. So, I understand that you are beginning a process to revise this list to better reflect public impact of scholarship.

Does such usage of FT50 amount to tyranny and whats Andrews view on that issue? I am the global education editor and in that role I help oversee the, part of a wider reflection on ways to measure academic output and enhance our rankings. SSP established The Scholarly Kitchen blog in February 2008 to keep SSP members and interested parties aware of new developments in publishing.

This will be a slow hackathon over several weeks with broad exploratory goals rather than an intense round-the-clock exercise with a very tightly defined outcome. We are seeking expressions of interest by September, and will host an online discussion with participants to exchange initial ideas, followed by more detailed submissions in October. Una iniciativa de la @oaklibrary Oakland Public Library a copiar aqu (perqu no?) Opinions on The Scholarly Kitchen are those of the authors. We also welcome wider ideas and suggestions from experts such as your readers on best existing practices, new approaches, ideas data etc whether or not they feel able to participate directly in the hackathon. . Publications, articles, rankings modifications for us. The rankings help prospective students, recruiters, faculty and others assess different qualifications and programs around the world. Whats the timeline? With his upcoming slow hackathon to invite community participation in the process, I was pleased Andrew agreed to share his thoughts through this interview. https://www.sspnet.org/community/news/presidents-letter-july-2022/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=ScholarlyPub&utm_content=President%27s%20Letter%20-%20July%202022, Tot all que es pot arribar a trobar en els llibres deixats per la biblioteca quan els usuaris els tornen . The FT50 data contribute up to 10% of the weighting in our rankings and influences faculty practice, so it is important that we hear a range of views and ideas from the community. In light of this orientation to public impact, you are organizing a public challenge or slow hackathon to solicit broad engagement with the revision process? We are interested in exploring new ways to measure research that has not only academic rigor but also resonance with readers including practitioners beyond universities. The FT uses it to help assess high quality academic research output one factor in our annual business school rankings. I am currently consulting on the composition of the FT50 as part of a wider reflection on ways to measure academic output and enhance our rankings. I was recently introduced to Andrew Jack, the global education editor of the Financial Times (FT), and learned about the role of the 50 Journals list in the FTs business schools rankings.

What is the 50 Journals list and how is it used? We are asking how to take account of different forms of output alongside academic articles, such as chapters, textbooks, academic books, patents, conference participation, advisory/consultancy roles, community partnerships, funding, and reports to accreditation bodies and institutions on school activities, as well as popular articles and books. Who can participate in this hackathon? We hope those taking part will learn from each other, develop new partnerships, and hopefully help identify future common ways of working with wider benefits such as open source, standardized ways to report authors, faculty, and a broader range of academic outputs. And she _needs_ to get a FT50 paper (as instructed by senior peers and department management), so she dropped this research theme. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/07/15/found-in-a-library-book/ via @scholarlykitchn, Found in a Library Book https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/07/15/found-in-a-library-book/ via @scholarlykitchn. The idea is to bring together academics, bibliometricians, data scientists, publishers and others ideally forming teams/partnerships with others to showcase and propose ways to combine different datasets and prototype ways to assess business school academic output. @rjraubert @matildeurbach @burguillosmf The Scholarly Kitchen is a moderated and independent blog. The FT50 is a list of the top journals compiled by the FT that business schools consider most important. Revisiting: Is There a Business Case for Open Data? lisahinchliffe.com, 1 Thought on "Hacking a Top Journals List: A Collective Approach to Developing Metrics?". is a list of the top journals compiled by the. To help identify current thinking and to illustrate why this is a hard problem that new big data tools might help address, we have pulled together some background reading. We particularly want to incorporate measures of public or societal impact as a critical component of business scholarship. We are seeking expressions of interest by September, and will host an online discussion with participants to exchange initial ideas, followed by more detailed submissions in October. Whats Hot and Cooking In Scholarly Publishing. We hope this more expansive approach will give clearer indications of valuable research being undertaken to increase interactions between practitioners and academics, encourage a focus on societal priorities such as sustainability, and help guide students and decision makers in the public, private and non-profit sectors to the best institutions. I was intrigued by the efforts he is currently leading to explore alternative approaches to developing the list and the challenges involved in identifying new metrics reflecting a greater range of considerations for scholarly impact. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, View All Posts by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Revisiting Building Pipes and Fixing Leaks: Demystifying and Decoding Scholarly Information Discovery & Interchange. Alas, all they have in FT50 is Research Policy, which is not fond of bibliometrics. What does public impact mean in this context? Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe is Professor/Coordinator for Research and Teaching Professional Development in the University Library and affiliatefaculty in the School of Information Sciences and Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Plus how best to measure impact, using media reports, social media uptake, references in policy documents and so on. The list was originally developed in consultation with academics at the leading global business schools that participate in the, This will be a slow hackathon over several weeks with broad exploratory goals rather than an intense round-the-clock exercise with a very tightly defined outcome. Anyone with ideas, skills and ideas around relevant data is welcome to participate. To help identify current thinking and to illustrate why this is a hard problem that new big data tools might help address, we have pulled together some.

We will reconvene to discuss and share outcomes in November. What will that entail? . We are also seeking to enhance attention to what is relevant notably to social benefit. Guest Post Putting Publications into Context with the DocMaps Framework for Editorial Metadata, Guest Post Evaluating Publishers as Partners with Libraries and Higher Education. There is no money involved! We will showcase in our writing the best teams we want them to be credited for their ideas and contributions in keeping with the overall goal of what we are trying to accomplish, and we will explore ways to incorporate them into our rankings if feasible. Hopefully further reflections, debates, and action by us and others to make business school research as socially useful as possible in responding to the big challenges the world faces including climate change. The FT50 data contribute up to 10% of the weighting in our rankings and influences faculty practice, so it is important that we hear a range of views and ideas from the community. We particularly want to incorporate measures of public or societal impact as a critical component of business scholarship.