Comments on: UK SNA 2011 https://www.syslog.cl.cam.ac.uk/2011/07/12/uk-sna-2011/ The Cambridge Systems Research Blog Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Daniele Quercia https://www.syslog.cl.cam.ac.uk/2011/07/12/uk-sna-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:33:00 +0000 http://www.syslog.cl.cam.ac.uk/?p=523#comment-89 yep, there is plenty of room for other journals :) in 5 years from now, i’d like to see how these decisions will affect the journal’s impact factor ;)

]]> By: twitterlink https://www.syslog.cl.cam.ac.uk/2011/07/12/uk-sna-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:27:00 +0000 http://www.syslog.cl.cam.ac.uk/?p=523#comment-88 There is some basis on your critique of the journal.  One must not forget that over the last 30 years this has been the depository of the most substantial developments in the field.  However as Knoke said on the panel, they would not accept a theoretical piece at SN.  The journal is geared towards social statistics where theory can only be related to testable hypotheses that improve method.  

Room for a number of other journals to fill the gap.  I think there were quite a few papers I liked.  Quality was higher than INSNA.

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