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High impact factors are meant to represent strong citation rates, but these journal impact factors are more effective at predicting a paper’s retraction rate

Year: 2011

Type: other

Abstract: Journal ranking schemes may seem useful, but Björn Brembs discusses how the Thompson Reuters Impact Factor appears to be a reliable predictor of the number of retractions, rather than citations a given paper will receive. Should academics think twice about the benefits of publishing in a ‘high impact’ journal?

Source: London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Author: Björn Brembs

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1690762725

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