Recently, Zhejiang University issued the "Implementation Measures for the Recognition of Excellent Network Cultural Achievements (Trial)", which stipulates that excellent network communication achievements will be equivalent to the academic achievements of "first-class academic journals" or "core journals" after being declared and recognized. The media clearly announced in the measures include The Beijing News and several major portals.
This is the first time that domestic colleges and universities have upgraded the excellent communication achievements of the media and the Internet to an academic evaluation system, which is regarded as an academic evaluation standard that keeps pace with the times to a certain extent. On the internet, this move triggered a strong response.
In the existing academic evaluation system of Chinese universities, the number of articles and topics published in core journals is the basic factor to measure the academic level of a school, a major and a researcher. The academic evaluation system centered on core journals mainly depends on whether teachers can be promoted, whether disciplines can be applied, and whether scientific research can pass the examination.
The academic evaluation system of "core journals only" has really played an important role in the development history of China University because of the energy of scientific research achievements. However, in the Internet age, it is becoming a fetter that hinders academic freedom and development.
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The calculation standard of journal impact factor was born in the United States in the 1960s. It was originally used as a selection index of periodical database, but unexpectedly became the core standard of academic evaluation in China universities several years later. Internet Age
As a result, the click volume and forwarding rate of communication have already replaced the reading volume and citation rate produced in the industrial age. The number of readers of core journals is no longer equal to portals and "two micro-ends".
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What is important is that the "academic norms" under the background of the "core-only journal theory" has become a modern version of the "eight-part essay", starting with the summary of the topic, to the keywords and introduction of the topic, and then starting with "speaking" and "entering"
The problem of "hand" and its introduction in foreign countries can't get to the point until the problems of "starting stock" and "intermediate stock" are clearly expounded. Finally, endnotes, footnotes and references to "late inventory" and "bundled inventory" must be added.
A core journal paper that meets the academic standard of "eight-part essay" is often 30,000 to 50,000 words, and it is difficult for the truly valuable part to exceed 35,000 words. In order to adapt to this obscure and procrastinating writing standard, many colleges and universities even set up the course of writing standard for core journals.
Not to mention the timeliness of core journals. An article with strong timeliness often has to wait in line for several months, and after the article is sent out, the time limit has passed. This is also the root of why it is difficult for core journals to produce targeted and good results.
Internet achievements are different. While ensuring timeliness, the results of the media convergence era are diverse, and user clicks, reposts and comment participation have become hard indicators of the influence of the results.
Especially in recent years, with the successful transformation of traditional media, a large number of scholars and scientific research institutions with professionalism and academic spirit are more willing to initiate and spread academic ideas through new media such as "two micro-ends". The academic value and influence of many online achievements far exceed the core journals, and the government is more willing to adopt them, the society is more willing to accept them, and the industry is more willing to absorb them.
These contradictions between the existing academic evaluation system and academic value cannot be ignored by scientific research institutions and university administrators. Academic evaluation should pay more attention to the value and influence of the results themselves rather than whether they are published in core journals.
The new academic evaluation regulations of Zhejiang University initiated the reform of academic evaluation standards in domestic universities. Under this standard, scholars can also write something truly worthy of the times without "influencing factors", "stereotyped writing paradigm" and "academic relationship"
If it is realized, it will encourage independent creation.