Abstract
Journal impact factors have been increasingly used in the assessment of the quality and importance of individual and departmental scholarly output and performance, despite questions raised about the validity of such a measure. In this paper we examine which journals faculty in North American planning
departments use and value the most and then compare these results with journal impact factors.
The principal questions we address are: (1) to what extent is there variation in the pattern of use and perceived value of different journals among planning faculty and what factors best account for the variation; (2) what is the correlation between use and perceived value of journals and their respective impact factors. We utilize the results of an on-line planning faculty survey conducted in 2008 to measure the use and value of journals by planning faculty, and the Institute for
Scientific Information's published annual journal impact factors.
departments use and value the most and then compare these results with journal impact factors.
The principal questions we address are: (1) to what extent is there variation in the pattern of use and perceived value of different journals among planning faculty and what factors best account for the variation; (2) what is the correlation between use and perceived value of journals and their respective impact factors. We utilize the results of an on-line planning faculty survey conducted in 2008 to measure the use and value of journals by planning faculty, and the Institute for
Scientific Information's published annual journal impact factors.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2010 |
| Event | 50th Annual ACSP Conference - USA, Crystal City, VA, United States Duration: 1 Oct 2009 → … |
Conference
| Conference | 50th Annual ACSP Conference |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Crystal City, VA |
| Period | 01/10/2009 → … |
| Other | Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning |