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Journal impact factor – Handle with care [PDF]
Tanuj Kanchan, Kewal Krishan
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Influential variables in the Journal Impact Factor of Dentistry journals. [PDF]
The aim of this contribution is to determine what variables influence the position, by quartiles of the impact factor, as a quality indicator of a journal in the field of Dentistry.To this end, 24 journals included in Journal Citation Reports, 6 pertaining to each quartile were selected by a stratified sampling and then an ordinal regression model was ...
Valderrama P+4 more
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Over the journal impact factor. [PDF]
Thomson Reuters reports journal impact factor (JIF) 2012 through its web database, Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (http://apps.webofknowledge.com) for journals indexed in the Science Citation Index (SCI/SCIE). Many top journals are reported to continue their high JIF and most of others keep similar or increased ones as JIF 2011.
Hong ST.
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Bias in the journal impact factor
The ISI journal impact factor (JIF) is based on a sample that may represent half the whole-of-life citations to some journals, but a small fraction (<10%) of the citations accruing to other journals. This disproportionate sampling means that the JIF provides a misleading indication of the true impact of journals, biased in favour of journals that ...
C. Jennings+15 more
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Evaluating Journal Impact Factor: a systematic survey of the pros and cons, and overview of alternative measures [PDF]
Background: Journal Impact Factor (JIF) has several intrinsic flaws, which highlight its inability to adequately measure citation distributions or indicate journal quality.
Eugene Mech+5 more
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Reliability of journal impact factor rankings [PDF]
Background Journal impact factors and their ranks are used widely by journals, researchers, and research assessment exercises. Methods Based on citations to journals in research and experimental medicine in 2005, Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
Greenwood Darren C
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The Journal Impact Factor Should Not Be Discarded. [PDF]
The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) has been heavily criticized over decades. This opinion piece argues that the JIF should not be demonized. It still can be employed for research evaluation purposes by carefully considering the context and academic environment.
Bornmann L, Pudovkin AI.
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Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia and the first Journal Impact Factor (JIF) [PDF]
Abdelazeem Ali Eldawlatly
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