What is the true value of research and knowledge? What do we mean by excellence? Is it the reputation of the journal or platform on which that knowledge is shared or is it the relevance of that research to society’s needs? Across the globe, publication remains the primary way in which the value of research is judged. Moreover, research tends to be judged not on whether it was published in the most appropriate place, to be most accessible to its intended readership, but on whether it was published in a ‘top’, ‘high impact’ or ‘international’ scientific journal.The distortions that a reliance on publication measures have created have been amplified by the incorporation of those measures into the global university rankings.
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