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Understanding the Impact Factor
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The impact factor has for a long time been a measure of journal prestige. Most authors wish to publish their papers in the so called high impact journals, even though it…
- Dr. Rishabh Jain
- August 29, 2016
Melinda Kenneway and Charlie Rapple are co-founders of Kudos, a web-based service that helps various researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers maximize the…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- April 28, 2016
You've put your research out into the world. Now it's time to sit back (or more likely, to start working on your next project!) and wait for signs of your newly…
- Daniel Prathipati
- October 30, 2015
The very words “Impact Factor” can send a shiver of fear through the spines of many journal editors as they contemplate the next number their journals will receive. Yet…
- Editage Insights
- August 31, 2015
Editage conducted a webinar in association with Stacy Konkiel from the Altmetric team, which was titled Finding and sharing your research impact: Use Altmetric …
- Editage Insights
- June 20, 2015
Editage has invited Altmetric to conduct a webinar that will help researchers discover evidence that their research is having an impact across the world.
- Editage Insights
- May 12, 2015
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Just as the impact factor of a journal is one measure of the journal’s standing, prestige, or impact, the h-index is a measure of a scientist’s impact. This article…
- Yateendra Joshi
- March 17, 2014
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This article delves a little deeper into the fallacies of the impact factor and points that you should consider when using it.
- Editage Insights
- November 4, 2013
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All researchers have heard about the impact factor. Read to learn what you may not know about the impact factor. Other measures of journal quality are now available as…
- Editage Insights
- November 2, 2013
Although the impact factor is the oldest and, arguably, the most widely used citation metric, it has lost some of its former glory. In recent years, the impact factor…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 17, 2013