Normalized impact factor (NIF): An adjusted method for calculating the citation rate of biomedical journals
Abstract
The interests in journal impact factor (JIF) in scientific communities have grown over the last decades. The JIFs are used to evaluate journals quality and the papers published therein. JIF is a discipline specific measure and the comparison between the JIF dedicated to different disciplines is inadequate, unless a normalization process is performed. In this study, normalized impact factor (NIF) was introduced as a relatively simple method...
Paper Details
Title
Normalized impact factor (NIF): An adjusted method for calculating the citation rate of biomedical journals
Published Date
Apr 1, 2011
Volume
44
Issue
2
Pages
216 - 220
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