The 2024 meeting theme of Innovation: The New Tradition ties the new innovations that have been introduced into the industry to the existing high standards, principles, processes and ethics that are entwined in the more traditional ideas. Digital Science is delighted to be returning to exhibit again at the 2024 meeting, and will be presenting a workshop as part of the conference program.
Workshop title: What’s a “good” journal anyway?
Tuesday 23rd January 2024 – 13:25 – 14:05 and 14:15 – 14:55
In this interactive, enlightening (and hopefully entertaining) workshop, you’ll get to discuss ideas of what makes a good journal. Learn how data science is creating new qualitative insights from quantitative data that shed new light onto the health of a journal, how trust markers derived from publications might support your mission to communicate research and AI is being used to quality the ‘buzz’ around your papers and journals. You’ll also benefit from a quick dive into the maths of some of the world’s best known journal indicators, learn why they’re not fit for purpose in 2024.
Learning objectives:
- What makes a good journal
- The restraints of current journal indicators
- The future of journal selection
Mike Taylor
Head of Metrics
Mike Taylor
Head of Metrics
Mike Taylor is Head of Metrics at Digital Science, where he specialises in quantitative and qualitative analyses of academic trends using Dimensions, Altmetric and other data sources. Before joining Digital Science, Mike spent many years working in Elsevier’s R&D group and in the Metrics and Analytics Team. He works with many community groups, including FORCE11, RDA and NISO, and is well known in the scholarly metrics community. It was his love of books that originally attracted him to publishing, and this continues to fuel his enthusiasm for books as a key part of the scholarly record.