Journal Impact Factor
Journal Impact Factor
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https://doi.org/10.70284/njirm.v1i1.46Abstract
Like nuclear energy, the impact factor has become a mixed blessing. I expected that it would be used constructively while recognizing that in the wrong hands it might be abused. In the early 1960s Irving H. Sher and Eugene Garfield created the journal impact factor to help select journals for the Science Citation Index (SCI
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2.Garfield E. Journal impact factor: a brief review. Can Med Assoc J 1999 Oct 19; 161:(8):979-80
3. Garfield E. Citation analysis as a tool in journal evaluation. Science 178:471-9, 1972.
4. Garfield E Citation indexing for studying science. Nature 227:669-71, 1970.
5. E Garfield. The impact factor. Current Contents 1994, 20: 3-7.
6. Garfield E. The impact factor. [Internet]. Curr Contents 1994 Jun 20; 25:3-7 [cited 16 Aug 2002.
7. Seglen PO. Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research. BMJ 1997 Feb 15; 314:(7079):498-502
8. Lowy C. Impact factor limits funding. Lancet 1997 Oct 4; 50:(9083):1035
9. Seglen PO. Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating
research. BMJ 1997 Feb 15; 314 :( 7079):498-502.
10. Hansson S. Impact factor as a misleading tool in evaluation of medical journals. Lancet 1995 Sep 30; 346:(8979):906
11. Foster WR. Impact factor as the best operational measure of medical journals. Lancet 1995 Nov 11; 346:(8985):1301
12. S Saha et al. Impact factor: a valid measure of journal quality? Journal of Medical Librarians Association 2003 91: 42-46.
13. Garfield E. Long-term vs. short-term journal impact: Does it matter? Scientist 1998; 12(3):10-2.
14. Garfield E. Long-term vs. short-term journal impact (part II). Scientist 1998; 12(14):12-3.
15. Garfield E , Which medical journals have the greatest impact? Ann. Intern. Med. 105:313-20, 1986
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2017-11-07
How to Cite
shah, chinmay. (2017). Journal Impact Factor: Journal Impact Factor. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 1(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.70284/njirm.v1i1.46
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