Open AccessPublishing, identifiers & metrics: Playing the numbers game
Author(s) -
Edwin Roland Van Teijlingen,
Shovita Dhakal Adhikari,
Pramod R Regmi,
Alexander van Teijlingen,
Nirmal Aryal,
Sarita Panday
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health prospect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-203X
pISSN - 2091-2021
DOI - 10.3126/hprospect.v20i1.37391
Subject(s) - publishing , identifier , perspective (graphical) , field (mathematics) , computer science , data science , world wide web , library science , political science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics , law , programming language
The number of scientific articles published each year is rapidly growing and so is the number of academic journals. This makes it impossible for an individual practitioner or researcher to keep track of all research published in their own field or sub-discipline. With the growing amount of publications, it is also becoming more difficult to distinguish between similar papers published on the same topic, in the same journal, or by the same researchers (or research team). This perspective paper could support students and novice researchers, outlines the difference between the unique identifier for: (1) you as the researcher, (2) a specific paper; and (3) a specific journal. This paper further outlines the various numerical identifiers associated with academic publishing to help demystify academic publishing.