Dr Agbasi Okechukwu Ebuka

Physicist || Geophysicist || Petrophysicist || GIS || Researcher ||OKNA Geophysical Services

[Dr Agbasi Okechukwu Ebuka @ebukasean09]

@sahibzada_irfan Congratulations

[Publishing with Integrity @fake_journals]

There’s pressure across academia: “Publish in Q1 and Q2 journals - anything less is not good enough.”

It’s a familiar mantra in many institutions. But it’s worth asking whether this expectation genuinely serves scholarship?

Here’s why you should not just focus on Q1 and Q2 journals.

1. Quartiles are not a measure of quality - only of journal-level performance.
A Q1 journal can publish weak papers. A Q3 journal can publish groundbreaking ones. Quartiles reflect citation distributions, not journal/article quality. Treating quartiles as a proxy for quality oversimplifies the complexity of research evaluation.

2. “Best fit” often matters more than “best quartile.”
A highly specialised paper may have its natural home in a niche journal that sits outside Q1/Q2. Forcing it into a top-tier venue can dilute its relevance, slow down publication, or push it into journals that are not read by the scholars that should be reading your article.

3. Impact comes from usefulness, not quartile labels.
A paper can transform industry practice or shape local policy, but appear in a Q3 or Q4 journal, or even one that is not indexed. Real-world impact rarely aligns neatly with journal-level metrics.

4. Over-emphasis on quartiles can distort behaviour.
It can encourage scholars to chase metrics instead of questions that genuinely matter. It can push early-career researchers into risk-averse strategies, narrowing creativity and discouraging interdisciplinary work that doesn’t fit the traditional mould.

5. It creates inequities - globally and institutionally.
Not all disciplines have the same availability of Q1/Q2 journals. Not all countries or universities have the same access or resources. The expectation of “Q1 or nothing” often disadvantages scholars working in emerging fields or developing regions.

For an alternative view, see: https://t.co/hWPiMbz1qH

[Dr Agbasi Okechukwu Ebuka @ebukasean09]

@ScholarshipfPhd Hi

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@EbukaGideon_ @SirDavidBent Blood!

[Dr Agbasi Okechukwu Ebuka @ebukasean09]

@geoacta Congratulations to you too

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New published manuscript: Comprehensive #seismic refraction analysis and 2-D #geologicalmodeling in Ini Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria @ebukasean09
Link: https://t.co/w3tqGgu71Z

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@T_Ogunwumi We just have to reconsider how we manage or LULC.

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reservoirs.

🔍 Read more about our comprehensive litho-sequence approach in the Journal of African Earth Sciences. Your insights and feedback are highly appreciated!

#Geology #Stratigraphy #NigerDelta #ResearchPublication #OilandGas #AfricanEarthSciences #SequenceStratigraphy

[Dr Agbasi Okechukwu Ebuka @ebukasean09]

📢 Exciting News Alert! Our latest article titled "Sequence stratigraphy of the foraminiferal zones F9700 and F9800 in the Niger Delta: A comprehensive litho-sequence approach" has been published in the Journal of African Earth Sciences!

[Dr Agbasi Okechukwu Ebuka @ebukasean09]

High-Stand System Tract (HST), thereby facilitating the identification and linkage of hydrocarbon sources. By amalgamating fault interpretation and correlation methodologies, we enhance our understanding of reservoir geometry and continuity, crucial for discovering potential

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