Ian Hutchins
@bihutchins.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UW-Madison’s Information School. Previously NIH data scientist-developed iCite (http://icite.od.nih.gov) & NIH Open Citation Collection https://hutchinslab.github.io
Isn’t that fascinating?
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Isn’t that fascinating?
Exactly. All it takes is choosing a platform with the article level data, and looking at the individual paper rather than where it was published
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Exactly. All it takes is choosing a platform with the article level data, and looking at the individual paper rather than where it was published
Absolutely. Well said!
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Absolutely. Well said!
If only journal metrics are used, probably not. ~90% of highly influential articles are published in less prestigious journals. That means that we're failing to recognize a huge body of influential work 3/4
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If only journal metrics are used, probably not. ~90% of highly influential articles are published in less prestigious journals. That means that we're failing to recognize a huge body of influential work 3/4
Many scientists like @drugmonkey.bsky.social and @jeremymberg.bsky.social have advocated focus on publishing solid science rather than venue as a good way of building a scientific career 2/4 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/s...
Scientific peer review is not broken, but your Glamour humping ways are
I have recently had a not-atypical publishing experience for me. Submitted a manuscript, got a set of comments back in about four weeks. Comments were informed, pointed a finger at some weak points…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Many scientists like @drugmonkey.bsky.social and @jeremymberg.bsky.social have advocated focus on publishing solid science rather than venue as a good way of building a scientific career 2/4 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/s...
Yes. The recall of the community’s chosen measure of merit (journal prestige) is on the order of a dismal 10%
December 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yes. The recall of the community’s chosen measure of merit (journal prestige) is on the order of a dismal 10%
It was actually just around that time we started that project, and your blog certainly made the rounds internally
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It was actually just around that time we started that project, and your blog certainly made the rounds internally