Use of the journal impact factor for assessing individual articles need not be statistically wrong

Published: Mar 7, 2017
Abstract
Most scientometricians reject the use of the journal impact factor for assessing individual articles and their authors. The well-known San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment also strongly objects against this way of using the impact factor. Arguments against the use of the impact factor at the level of individual articles are often based on statistical considerations. The skewness of journal citation distributions typically plays a...
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Title
Use of the journal impact factor for assessing individual articles need not be statistically wrong
Published Date
Mar 7, 2017
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