[Taxacom] Fwd: Zootaxa taken off of JCR

[Michael A. Ivie]

Something that does not seem to have been made clear to those of us not 
cursed with IF obsessed administrators, it seems that this is not just a 
forward-looking problem that could reduce submissions to Zootaxa. A 
worker that has built a careful record of say 10 excellent publications 
in Zootaxa over the last 6 years may/will not be allowed to present them 
for credit when coming up for tenure/promotion/review. They are suddenly 
all simply removed from the record because Zootaxa lacks an IF.  Just 
imagine the gut-wrenching blow that would be to a career.  Forget the 
less-than-stellar papers being discussed, what about this person who 
does excellent work?  Compassion for our fellow taxonomists demands we 
give them our support.

Mike

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