JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF) IN DIGITAL ERA

Published: Jan 1, 2012
Abstract
Journal Impact measures and how their evolution Culminated in the journal impact factor (JIF) produced by the Institute for Scientific Information. The paper shows how the various building blocks of the dominant JIF (published in the Journal Citation Report - JCR) came into being. The paper argues that these building blocks were all constructed fairly arbitrarily or for different purposes than those that govern the contemporary use of the JIF....
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Title
JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF) IN DIGITAL ERA
Published Date
Jan 1, 2012
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