Publishing and impact criteria, and their bearing on Translation Studies: In search of comparability.

This paper questions the current concept of quality as used in research assessment rankings and peer review, with special reference to the link often established between impact and the way this impact is measured in the form of citation counting. Taking translation studies as a case study, we will o...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Perspectives: Studies in Translatology Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 265 - 284
Autores principales: Franco Aixelá, Javier, Rovira-Esteva, Sara
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=102749089&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 102749089
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        0907676X
        S2F
      jtl: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology
      issn: 0907676X
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Jun2015
      vid: 23
      iid: 2
      pid: 377
      pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd
    artinfo:
      ui:
        102749089
        10.1080/0907676X.2014.972419
      ppf: 265
      ppct: 19
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: P
              size: 145KB
      tig:
        atl: Publishing and impact criteria, and their bearing on Translation Studies: In search of comparability.
      aug:
        au:
          Franco Aixelá, Javier
          Rovira-Esteva, Sara
        affil:
          Departamento de Traducción e Interpretación, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
          Departament de Traducció i d'Intepretació i d'Estudis de l'Àsia Oriental, CERAO, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
      su:
        Impact factor (Citation analysis)
        Translating & interpreting
        Professional peer review
        Citation analysis
        Periodical indexes
        Bibliometrics
      sug:
        subj:
          Impact factor (Citation analysis)
          Translating & interpreting
          Professional peer review
          Citation analysis
          Periodical indexes
          Bibliometrics
      keyword:
        bibliometrics
        citation
        impact
        journal indexes
        quality
        translation studies
      ab: This paper questions the current concept of quality as used in research assessment rankings and peer review, with special reference to the link often established between impact and the way this impact is measured in the form of citation counting. Taking translation studies as a case study, we will offer a two-level approach to reveal both the macro- and micro-level biases that exist in this regard. We will first review three key aspects related to the idea of the quality of publications, namely peer review, journal indexing, and journal impact factor. We will then pinpoint some of the main macro-level problems regarding current practices and criteria as applied to translation studies, such as Thomson Reuters World of Science's journal coverage, citation patterns, and publication format. Next we will provide a micro-textual and practical perspective, focusing on citation counts and suggesting a series of corrective measures to increase comparability.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      custom: Copyright of Perspectives: Studies in Translatology is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
      item: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology
      holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2015
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N