[csaa-forum] removal of journal ranking system

[Jeffrey Browitt]

"the introduction of a journal quality profile, showing the most frequently published journals for each unit of evaluation" sounds like a bullshit statement to buy time while they figure out what to actually do to replace the ranking system they had. Sounds MontyPythonesque.
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Subject: Re: [csaa-forum] removal of journal ranking system

Hi Jon,

Thanks for the link.  I guess it sounds good but I'm wondering about
the replacement for journal rankings.

Does anyone have an insight into what "the introduction of a journal
quality profile, showing the most frequently published journals for
each unit of evaluation" means?

Cheers,
Rob.

>
>Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 10:13:21 +0800
>From: "Jon Stratton" <J.Stratton at curtin.edu.au>
>Subject: [csaa-forum] removal of journal ramking system
>To: <csaa-forum at lists.cdu.edu.au>
>
>    Hi Everybody,
>        In case anyone missed the announcement, yesterday Kim Carr
>issued a press release relating to changes in the ERA scheme.  One
>of the key changes is that journals will no longer be ranked--that
>is, no longer be allocated A*, A, B, C rankings.  You can find the
>ministerial statement here:
>http://minister.innovation.gov.au/Carr/MediaReleases/Pages/IMPROVEMENTSTOEXCELLENCEINRESEARCHFORAUSTRALIA.aspx
>
>cheers,
>Jon

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