Stephen Jezzard

Understanding Impact Factor, h-index, Altmetrics, and CAS Journal Ranking Journal metrics can be helpful, but they can also be misleading when used without context. For researchers, metrics often influence where to submit a manuscript. For institutions, they may shape evaluation, promotion, and funding decisions. For journals and publishers, they affect visibility, reputation, and positioning in a crowded scholarly ecosystem. But no single metric can tell the full story of research quality,...

Predatory publishing is no longer a fringe issue; it is now embedded in the global research ecosystem, evolving alongside increasing publication pressure and more sophisticated deception tactics [1]. Predatory journals continue to pose a serious challenge across scholarly publishing. These publications often present themselves as legitimate academic journals, but their primary goal is financial gain rather than the advancement of scholarship. They may exploit researchers’ pressure to...