Assessment of scientific output of researchers is an increasingly important tasks for the scientific community. To do so, several different indicators have been used. The majority of those indicators use the total number of published papers and the impact of the journals where the papers are published, relative citation rates and so on. What is relationship between quality of a research paper and quality of the journal in which it is published?
High-quality journals usually do not publish low-quality papers, but low-quality journals sometimes publish high-quality papers. Anyway, the paper's quality can be to some extent measured by the number of citations it receives (minus self-citations) if their context is taken into account: e.g. if the authors develop a new method and later, other authors will start using it, then it does not matter very much in which journal this paper was published.
Quality of a research paper - Researchers contribution
Quality of the journal - Previous reckoned researchers contrbition
High-quality journals usually do not publish low-quality papers, but low-quality journals sometimes publish high-quality papers. Anyway, the paper's quality can be to some extent measured by the number of citations it receives (minus self-citations) if their context is taken into account: e.g. if the authors develop a new method and later, other authors will start using it, then it does not matter very much in which journal this paper was published.
In general, it is better to find a high quality research paper published in a high quality journal. Rarely you may find that a high quality research paper published in a low quality journal or a low quality research paper published in a high quality journal.
The quality of Research Journal is based on the quality of published Research Papers in this Journal! "INDICATORS OF JOURNAL QUALITY" is fine paper! The quality of research paper is quality of research, results and scientific contribution!
"Improving the quality of research papers and journals" is helpful!
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC141186/
http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=asdpapers
http://bvs6.crics9.org/pt/files/2012/08/21102012_bvs6_editores_simera-1.pdf
In a quality journal you won't find a low quality paper. There is a possibility that a high quality paper appears in a low quality journal.
In fact when a publisher starts a new journal, he tries to invite hight quality papers by very well known scientists.
Dear @Ismat, I do just repeat what I have told earlier in my answer, and it is an answer to your question, posted 3 days ago: "The quality of Research Journal is based on the quality of published Research Papers in this Journal! " Regards my dear@Ismat!
If one can write a high quality research paper, and succeeds in publishing it in a high quality journal, it is double recognition for the scholar. Sometimes, the paper is published in a high quality journal but is of average quality or the paper is average and journal is of high quality, then it is a single recognition in that sense. The chances that a high quality paper published in a high quality journal will be read by a large number of scholars are very high. Every researcher wants that to happen.
FYIC : Just in Case . The latest journals Impact Factors can be found on the BIOXBIO Site: http://www.bioxbio.com/if/
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Mostly, “the quality of Research Journal” is reckoned by current people with main current academic trend------it may be scientific or unscientific; but “the quality of a research paper” is reckoned by either current people or future people------- current academic trend or future academic trend.
Generally, the majority of “quality Research Journals” really has very closed relationship with most of “quality research papers” in current academic trend (they may both enjoy their good times) but with very loose relationship with those “quality research papers” in special or future academic trend because most current people (most editors are current people too) may not understand the pioneering work or they don’t like to irritate current academic people. That is our academic and that is the academic life.
Internet helps in some way to compensate this “unfairness”.
Many long lasting Journals have branded on Quality. However, it is not necessary that all Quality articles get published in only those.
It is very happy and wonderful for “quality research papers” get published in “quality research journals” to have the chances meeting with the researchers working in the similar field and more brains may work together to improve the work in life time; but it is impossible that all Quality articles get published in only those.
As an editor, be an editor; as a researcher, be a researcher.
It is easy nowadays to know whether or not a research journal is “quality” because we have many “indicators”. But how can we know whether or not a research paper is “quality”?
If there is not a chance for a research paper to get published in “quality research journals”-------will it never be good?
It is only a extension of belief that a Highly rated Journal will have good quality articles, not necessarily true.
Journal rankings is given and it may be consulted when it is needed!
http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php
What is the relative importance of the quality of the data/analysis versus the quality of writing in the expression of a high-quality paper in a high quality journal?
I think a high quality paper can be published out of the rankings, and very unsubstantial papers are published in ranked journals. I think that rankings serve to strategic interests which could be out of science improvement.
I do strongly agree dear @Mariano!
"Nobody reads journals. People read papers." - Vitek Tracz (Rabesandratana, 2013)
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2013/10/is_nothing_sacr077661.html
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