Factors associated with the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for Urology and Nephrology Journals

Purpose: The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is an index used to compare a journal's quality among academic journals and it is commonly used as a proxy for journal quality. We sought to examine the JIF in order to elucidate the main predictors of the index while generating awareness among scientifi...

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Main Authors: Joseph M. Sewell, Oluwakayode O. Adejoro, Joseph R. Fleck, Julian A. Wolfson, Badrinath R. Konety
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2015-12-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382015000601058&lng=en&tlng=en