The Journal Impact Factor is under attack - use the CAPCI factor instead. [PDF]
BMC Med, 2017 The uses and misuses of the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) have been thoroughly discussed in the literature. A few years ago, I predicted that JIF would soon be replaced, while another colleague argued the opposite.
Diamandis EP.
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Evaluating Journal Impact Factor: a systematic survey of the pros and cons, and overview of alternative measures [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2020 Background: Journal Impact Factor (JIF) has several intrinsic flaws, which highlight its inability to adequately measure citation distributions or indicate journal quality.
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Influential variables in the Journal Impact Factor of Dentistry journals. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 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 ...
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Over the journal impact factor. [PDF]
J Korean Med Sci, 2013 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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The Journal Impact Factor of Orthopaedic Journals Does not Predict Individual Paper Citation Rate. [PDF]
J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev, 2017 Background: The journal impact factor (JIF) is thought to reflect the average number of citations an article will receive and therefore can influence study impact and clinical decision making.
Bozzo A, Oitment C, Evaniew N, Ghert M.
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Reasons for Journal Impact Factor Changes: Influence of Changing Source Items. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2016 Both the concept and the application of the impact factor (IF) have been subject to widespread critique, including concerns over its potential manipulation.
Kiesslich T, Weineck SB, Koelblinger D.
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Bradford's law, the long tail principle, and transparency in Journal Impact Factor calculations. [PDF]
Pharm Pract (Granada), 2016 Beyond the commonly mentioned limitations of the Journal Impact Factor, we discuss the obsolete principle of selecting journals to create a fake-representative sample of ‘journals that matter’ and the opacity around the calculation and listing of Impact ...
Fernandez-Llimos F.
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Citations for Randomized Controlled Trials in Sepsis Literature: The Halo Effect Caused by Journal Impact Factor. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 Citations for randomized controlled trials (RCT) are important for the dissemination of study results. However, predictors of citations for RCTs have not been investigated.
Zhang Z, Poucke SV.
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Journal Impact Factor Shapes Scientists' Reward Signal in the Prospect of Publication. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 The incentive structure of a scientist’s life is increasingly mimicking economic principles. While intensely criticized, the journal impact factor (JIF) has taken a role as the new currency for scientists.
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Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions received the top-ranking Journal Impact Factor—9.3—in the category of Education, Scientific Disciplines in the 2023 Journal Citation Ranking by Clarivate [PDF]
J Educ Eval Health ProfHuh S.
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