How is sound this? It may seem a silly question (idiot): The journal Nature or Science - are they "suitable" for publishing studies economics, business, such social sciences subjects etc.- mainly economic ??? Have you some examples, in this regards?
In the Romanian academic environment of the last 5-10 years, is still discussing about the quality criteria relative to the research results, but it still is modifies these criteria, and hence the idea that at the moment have not reached the best options. Among other things, as in other countries, but also to us, it is discussing much about the visibility of international exposition of "the works" of profesoral staff.
For example, now in Romania is mandatory to publish scientific papers in journals cataloged by ISI (Institute for Scientific Information® (ISI®).) - associated anually with an impact factor*!
Priority is publishing scientific research results in scientific journals and cataloged ISI impact factor and the number of citations. Whence, is a kind of "hunting" for having published articles in such magazines - by all means...
I am surprised to find on the journals list of social sciences, or economic field/ business that are cataloged ISI with impact factor, as recommended journals are listed and high impact scientific also the titles as: Nature, and Science. So I ask myself (I think, rightly and legitimately) what have these with social sciences, the specifc of the category: economics, business, management, etc.
How justified is this question and the above criterion,- meaning: for research staff of a economic/busines faculty to publish in these above specified journals? How many such studies, but also, what kind of study of social sciences, using economic information and data of Eastern European countries (e.g. Romania) it can arouse such interest that it be published in the journal as ”Nature” or ”Science”? Most of researchers know the journals Nature and Science, in fact, of highest scientific renown in their field.
I cannot totally exclude the idea, sure, I think it might be possible to be a study big exception, in any case a commonplace (!!!), - which in my opinion, and not only, forsure can not be a benchmark!
*The Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric, published annually by the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters via Journal Citation Reports (JCR). JCR provides a number of metrics and quantitative tools for ranking, evaluating, and categorizing and comparing journals.
As I know, they are not appropriate now. I suppose they should modify the editorial board in order to extend their competence to different topics. My personal opinion is that laws are separated in physics laws and human society laws. The meaning of "law" is different in the two cases: everything is applying physics laws regardless of being consciousness of them but human laws may be separated into formal laws and informal laws; for the seconds, some of them are known and some of them are hidden. Further, some data/parameter of the "equations" of human laws may not be known (e.g. the plethora of inputs an animal or human had and the interaction with his experience/forma mentis). Any subject depending on some human society law may be studied with a scientific approach but the result has not one of the peculiarity of science it self: dogmatism (some work on definition of it may be needed - we compute sometime only a probability - but I guess it has quite a common clear background: no depending on others opinion, reproducibility...). The authoritativeness of some journal is strictly depending on the subjects of the publication, an extention of the subjects toward a different sector may result in an automatic lowering of it (e.g. a research based on data depending on ethic that is changing during the time).
A scientific question We face today in Iraq the same problem after the establishment of official institutions to encourage the publication of magazines with influence laboratories, and make the decision the competence of social sciences most affected, as the magazine can not access the coefficient of influence and few in the humanities.
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