Citation cartels, peer-review rings, paper mills, and other schemes have eroded the integrity of scholarly publications. In some cases, articles can be retracted from journals; however, this outcome is rare. I set out to find if any OpenSees articles, i.e., articles that refer to OpenSees, have been retracted. Google Scholar is usually a good place … Continue reading OpenSees Retractions
Category: Metrics
The OpenSees WCEE Bump
The 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (18WCEE) takes place in Milan next week. With a couple thousand attendees, the conference will publish a lot of papers, some of which refer to OpenSees. Depending on how WCEE authors cite their use of OpenSees, there's usually a bump in OpenSees citations after the proceedings are posted … Continue reading The OpenSees WCEE Bump
OpenSees Bean Counting
Based on review invitations, new paper announcements on social media, and Google Scholar citation alerts, I've seen a lot of OpenSees-based journal articles. I'm sure you have as well. With a few exceptions, the journals that house OpenSees-based articles have been the usual suspects in earthquake engineering. But recently, it's felt like the distribution of … Continue reading OpenSees Bean Counting
Abstract Frenzy
The deadline to submit abstracts for the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (18WCEE), the quadrennial venue to share earthquake engineering ideas and research, is right around the corner. Noting that 93% of statistics are made up, WCEE abstracts have an 80% acceptance rate; however, some of the ensuing papers are impactful. And in many … Continue reading Abstract Frenzy
Publish Your Age
I recently hit 40 journal articles for my academic career. You can see the list here. Although 40 is a milestone for your real age, it's meaningless for journal articles. Horns can toot at 100 articles, but not 40. Anyway, I wondered if I will ever publish my real age, i.e., will the two lines … Continue reading Publish Your Age
One Citation at a Time
Within the last day or two, I tripped 1000 citations for 2021 according to Google Scholar. Thank you, OpenSees! A colleague in Eastchester asked if the blog has helped my citation count. I don't think it has, except for reminding a couple people to cite OpenSees somehow instead of simply writing "We used OpenSees" somewhere … Continue reading One Citation at a Time
With or Without You
Citation-based metrics are like lottery tickets--they are not for investment purposes and should be used for entertainment only. Unfortunately, some promotion and tenure evaluators treat citation-based metrics like investment decisions. To aid in evaluation, citation-based metrics are readily available online, ranging from Web of Science, which indexes only archival publications, to Google Scholar, which indexes … Continue reading With or Without You
How to Cite OpenSees
In the $latex R^{42}$ space that defines academic performance evaluation, citation-based metrics comprise a small but often over-emphasized subspace. Based on the developers' Google Scholar profiles, it is clear that OpenSees generates a lot of citations from various corners of cyberspace. In the citation-stingy field of structural engineering, the numbers are impressive. On the other … Continue reading How to Cite OpenSees
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