TY - JOUR AU1 - ADRIAN CONSTANTINESCU AB - Gami et al. observe that author self-citations may misrepresent the importance of individual articles, skew the calculation of journal impact factors and bias perceptions of the importance of a publication. Kurmis contend that direct comparison between journals on the basis of the total number of citations alone is influenced by a number of factors, such as journal format and content, appropriateness of article classification, and discipline-specific citation tendencies. Pöschl and Koop point out that collaborative peer review facilitates and enhances quality assurance. Grazia Ietto-Gillies observes that we need a system for evaluating the worth of a work and for assessing whether it is good enough to be put into the public domain. TI - PUBLISHING IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS AS THE MAJOR MECHANISM FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE JF - Review of Contemporary Philosophy DA - 2009-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/addleton-academic-publishers/publishing-in-peer-reviewed-journals-as-the-major-mechanism-for-the-vs8AhhQhLj SP - 124 EP - 128 VL - 8 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -