A Resolution against Impact Factor
In our collective experience as editors of international peer-reviewed journals, we propose that the impact factor calculated for individual journals should not be used as a basis for evaluating the significance of an individual scientist's past performance or scientific potential. There are several reasons not to equate the impact factor of a journal in which the scientist publishes with the quality of the scientist's research.
Published in American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
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Aug 23, 2009
DataG said...
One can use this URL to try to find it at your home library: http://bit.ly/TNKgV (through OCLC Registry)
