eLife won’t get an impact factor, says Clarivate

14 November 2024

Clarivate, the data company for scholarly publications, has decided to continue indexing some content from eLife in Web of Science, after reevaluating the open-access biology journal’s unusual practice of publishing articles without accepting or rejecting them. The journal will not receive an Impact Factor.

Last month, Clarivate paused indexing new content from eLifeciting a policy on “Coverage of journals/platforms in which publication is decoupled from validation by peer review.”  

Read more here: https://retractionwatch.com/2024/11/13/elife-wont-get-an-impact-factor-says-clarivate/ See also the Science article on this (no paywall 14/11/2024) https://www.science.org/content/article/web-science-index-plans-end-elife-s-journal-impact-factor

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