The Impact of Impact Factor
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Even today whenever asked by any clinicians, each
will name different medical journals that they think are
most influential, the reason (s) may be lacking, and
when given may be debatable. To resolve this subjectivity
Eugene Garfield in 1955 brought an idea of science
citation index1. The concept behind citation indexing
is very simple. It recognized that the value of
information is best determined by those who use it,
will be a better way to measure quality, rather then
the overall impact it makes on the community at large.
However we should not forget that citation indexing is
simply a fairly recent form of information management
and retrieval.
Author: Syed Tahir
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $150
OpenAlex ID: W2552100914