The Future for a Prominent Taxonomy
The Future for a Prominent Taxonomy
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杰出分类学的未来
DOI：
10.1093/isd/ixaa020
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Zaspel, Jennifer M
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文献类型：
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作者：
Hamilton, Chris A;Shockley, Floyd W;Simmons, Rebecca;Smith, Aaron;Ware, Jessica;Zaspel, Jennifer M
2020年是社会和文化都发生巨变的一年。也许最重要的是，今年人们对社会中的隐性(无意识)偏见概念的觉醒改变了许多人对道德和平等的理解。这种聚光灯照亮了社会各个阶层的偏见，甚至包括科学界--长期以来，科学界一直认为自己对这些偏见是中立的。隐性偏见决定了哪些学科被认为是“前沿”学科，哪些学科被认为是“二线”学科。例如，分类学是一门繁荣了两个世纪的科学，但在过去几十年里，它的重要性有所下降--尽管它是理解全球生物多样性危机的核心。幸运的是，公众并不认同这种看法，因为新发现的物种，作为分类学研究的基石，具有很大的参与价值。换句话说，该领域以外的科学家对分类学重要性的评估与其对社会的内在贡献和重要性不符。我们试图通过解决分类学家被低估的贡献来纠正这种不匹配，并提出解决方案来改善对这门基本科学的看法。今年，分类研究界面临着一个直接而严重的威胁，因为Clarivate Analytics做出了一项决定，将Zootana杂志排除在2020年期刊引文报告(JCR)中，因为它被认为违反了自引行为，这一决定将剥夺Zootana的影响因子(IF)。由于《动物分类》是全球为数不多的经过同行评审的阿尔法分类学期刊之一，研究人员可以在全球范围内描述动物多样性，这一决定将对分类学领域产生严重的负面影响。科学界对Clarivate关于过度自我引用的断言提出了强烈反对，导致他们推翻了从JCR中省略Zooaxa的决定。尽管如此，由于研究界对IF的误解和广泛使用来评估科学期刊的质量，Clarivate最初的决定几乎危及到这一学科，也危及世界各地分类学家的未来职业生涯。
The year 2020 was one of tremendous upheaval, both socially and culturally. Perhaps most importantly, this year has been known for an awakening to the concept of implicit (unconscious) bias in our society that changed the understanding of ethics and equality for many people. This spotlight has illuminated biased views across all strata of society, even in science—which has long regarded itself as neutral to these biases. Implicit bias has determined which disciplines are considered ‘cutting-edge’and which are deemed ‘second tier’. For example, taxonomy, a thriving science for two centuries, has declined in significance over the last several decades—although it is central to understanding the global biodiversity crisis. Fortunately, this perception is not shared by the public, as newly discovered species, the cornerstone of taxonomic research, hold great engagement value. In other words, an assessment of the importance of taxonomy by scientists outside the field does not match its inherent contributions and importance to society. We seek to correct this mismatch by addressing the undervalued contributions of taxonomists and suggest solutions to improve the perception of this essential science. This year, the taxonomic research community was faced with an immediate and serious threat when Clarivate Analytics made a decision that excluded the journal Zootaxa from the 2020 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) for deemed self-citation infractions, a decision that would have stripped Zootaxa of an Impact Factor (IF). As Zootaxa represents one of the few peer-reviewed, alpha-taxonomy journals globally available to researchers describing animal diversity, this decision would have had a severe and negative impact on the field of taxonomy. Strong objection from the scientific community to Clarivate’s assertion of excessive self-citation resulted in a reversal of their decision to omit Zootaxa from JCR. Nonetheless, due to the arguably misinterpreted and widespread use of the IF by the research community to assess the quality of a scientific journal, Clarivate’s original decision came dangerously close to jeopardizing not only the discipline but the future careers of taxonomists worldwide.
学术卖空：对指标和排名的痴迷如何损害学术界
影响因子：
3.3
作者：
Thorsten Gruber
通讯作者：
Thorsten Gruber
对分类信息的处理不充分阻碍了大多数动物学研究的可重复性
影响因子：
1.4
作者：
Spencer K Monckton;S. Johal;L. Packer
通讯作者：
L. Packer