Sunday 11 February 2018

bibliometrics - Mention impact factor or conference acceptance rate in CV


Some people, in their CV or publication list, add bibliometric information to each entry. I've typically seen:



  • mention the impact factor of each journal

  • number of citations of each paper

  • mention the acceptance rate of each conference


I'm not sure it is very helpful: people from your field will surely know the journals/conferences, while people from outside your field might be more interested in a “macro” view and not go into the minute details of your publications.



Moreover, I'm not sure I like the tone it conveys: it feels like bragging (this is typically done by people who are proud of these indicators), and a bit over-the-top to me. Finally, it's well accepted by now that things like the journal impact factor are a poor measure of individual papers' merits.


So: is it accepted practice to do it? does it improve the CV? or does it risk alienating the reader?




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