I observed through google scholar that there are many researches conducted during these days of COVID-19. Even though their weaknesses and also they published in poor journals, these researches had many citations. Is it the number of citations is more useful than the quality of the research?
The subject of the pandemic is completely different and you find that things are mixed and we no longer distinguish the right from wrong.
The quality of the research after a period of time appears to all researchers and you will find strong research takes many citations, while weak research will appear to all researchers.
It just takes time.
The subject of the pandemic is completely different and you find that things are mixed and we no longer distinguish the right from wrong.
The quality of the research after a period of time appears to all researchers and you will find strong research takes many citations, while weak research will appear to all researchers.
It just takes time.
I think there are many reasons which cuase that,
1. speed in completing researches.
2. lack of sufficient references about the pandemic.
3. magazines are accepting subjects related to the pandemic without looking at quality of researches.
The research quality comes first, but since the pandemic affects the world so most journals accept and publish high/low quality papers.
Both of these factors are important in consolidating the foundations of schalarship and academic research.
Surely... Citations alone can not be attributed to the success of the research. In my view, applicability of the research in larger platform(technology, social life, development, further research, etc) speaks more about it's quality..
@Zakaria Elkhwesky
The topic of the epidemic is totally different and you think things are twisted and we don't differentiate between right and wrong any more.Over a length of time, the consistency of the study shows to all investigators and then you will find significant research needs several quotations, while all researchers will be shown poor research.
The research quality is important; but as the pandemic is going on globally and very less evidence based data is available so most journals accept high/low quality papers.
Quality should never be comprised in research. Research on pendemic corona can be done through news bulletins news paper cuttings and from on line sources with phone calls video calls for case studies without compromising quality.
I believe that the personality of the researcher, his integrity, credibility in conducting research, researcher's ethics, behavior towards students and other researchers, respect for the hard work of other researchers are important.
It is normal that these days all the papers related with Covid-19 are like trend, but it will pass, the only thing is that we are changing in many ways and the science is going to change also!
Of course Quality is the most important, but after this is going to have maybe new measures and ways to achieve! I am sure we are going to have new ways to improve research after all this...
Unfortunately, many researchers depend on quantity, not quality..
Zakaria Elkhwesky
The topic is new and most of them wanted to have publication pertaining to the same.
I understand that, for instance, academics are required to publish at least a minimum of times per year; thus, I agree with Wisam, above.
I think one should question the motivation before discussing what's good for the reputation, then the answer becomes apparent.
The researcher's reputation is in his past work.
The researcher's reputation is in her past work.
I think most of researchers published articles do not take care the benefit from the topic of the article.
Researchers are to be mindfulof their reputations which will last longer.
I think that publishing in an indexed journals is the best way for enhancing researcher’s reputation
Having a large number of citations is good for a researcher's reputation. However, a single publication with many citations does not make a highly cited and reputable researcher.
Zakaria Elkhwesky on the long run, publishing original research papers in journals with a high impact factor is the best way to gain high reputation as a researcher. Citations are directly related to the quality of research and the quality of the journal.
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