Comments on: How Can Anthropologists Break Free of Citation Indexes?

By: OLAYANJU-DADA GABRIEL

OLAYANJU-DADA GABRIEL — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:58:03 +0000

The wcàà membership should be open to all interest candidate ,and let there a cordinating office in every region of the continet for globalizationexpansion

By: OLAYANJU-DADA GABRIEL

OLAYANJU-DADA GABRIEL — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:46:20 +0000

all things were made by God

By: OLAYANJU-DADA GABRIEL

OLAYANJU-DADA GABRIEL — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:21:45 +0000

kindly send me all information about this orgarnisation

By: Peter Jones

Peter Jones — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:07:39 +0000

I agree with most points, but there are some journals such as JONA that is not in any of the top citation indexes, but is the most cited journal for anthropology in the Plateau and Northwest of the US. Also, some websites are indexed in some of the top citation index databases, and they do not have the long time lag that many journals have. It is too bad that academia is tied so much to these journal rankings. Our site, IPIR, is indexed in some of the top databases, and also allows you to reach a MUCH wider audience. Within one day, your article can be read by over 10,000 people. I don’t know any journal that provides that kind of audience/readership.

By: Gordon Mathews

Gordon Mathews — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:09:33 +0000

Bill, I agree, that would solve the problem! But for now, if WCAA published in Esperanto, would anyone ever visit the site? But this is an interesting idea that WCAA members should think about–

By: Bill Chapman

Bill Chapman — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:48:12 +0000

Dare I suggest a radical solution to the language problem? Perhaps the WCAA could promote the wider use of Esperanto, a planned language which has (almost) no native speakers.