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Impact, not impact factor [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015 When the English philosopher Herbert Spencer introduced the phrase “survival of the fittest” in 1864, he could not have imagined that it would summarize the plight of young scientists years later (1). As competition for coveted faculty appointments and research funding continues to intensify, today’s researchers face relentless pressure to publish in ...
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Human Fertility, 2021 For the sixth year in a row the Human Fertility Impact Factor has increased again. For almost every year of my tenure as Editor in Chief, I have been delighted to announce an annual increase in the...
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Human Fertility, 2020 Over the past five years since I took over as Editor in Chief of Human Fertility in 2015, it is in the Editorial for issue 3 of each volume that I have the pleasure of announcing each year’s new im...
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ON IMPACT AND IMPACT FACTORS [PDF]
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2018 TheInternational Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care(IJTAHC) is part of the so-called Cambridge Core, the “home of academic content” (1). As such, not surprisingly, it is judged by standard scientific standards such as theJournal’s Impact Factor (IF). Although on the rise, there is still significant room for improvement (2).
van der Wilt, G.J., van der Wilt, G.J.
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Neuroradiology, 2013 Bibliometrics or metrics is a set of methods to quantitatively analyze scientific literature. Several general resources are available based on the Citation Index, a database that links publications by citations. There are two major multidisciplinary citation databases for the counting and aggregation of citations.
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Impact Factor Distortions [PDF]
Science, 2013 This Editorial coincides with the release of the San Francisco declaration on research Assessment (DORA), the outcome of a gathering of concerned scientists at the December 2012 meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology. * To correct distortions in the evaluation of scientific research,
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Milestones and Impact Factors [PDF]
Environmental Health, 2010 Environmental Health has just received its first Impact Factor by Thomson ISI. At a level of 2.48, this achievement is quite satisfactory and places Environmental Health in the top 25% of environmental science journals. When the journal was launched in 2002, it was still unclear whether the Open Access publishing model could be made into a viable ...
Ozonoff, David M., Grandjean, Philippe
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The Impact Factor Fallacy [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 AbstractThe use of the journal impact factor (JIF) as a measure for the quality of individual manuscripts and the merits of scientists has faced significant criticism in recent years. We add to the current criticism in arguing that such an application of the JIF in policy and decision making in academia is based on false beliefs and unwarranted ...
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Impact Versus Impact Factor [PDF]
Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2012 Eighty-nine years ago, Anesthesia & Analgesia published an article by the eminent anesthesiologist and inventor Elmer I. McKesson entitled The Reaction of Certain Circulatory Conditions to Anesthesia and Surgery.1 In the most recent piece of McKesson hagiography to appear in this journal,2 he was remembered principally for his innovations in developing
Robert B. Schonberger, Paul G. Barash
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Human Fertility, 2018 One year ago, I was able to report to readers of Human Fertility that the 2016 Impact Factor of the journal had increased to 1.103 (Pacey, 2017).
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