Impactitis: The impact factor myth syndrome
<b>Background</b> : In the early 1960s, Eugene Garfield and Irving Sher created the journal impact factor to help select journals for the <i> Science Citation Index (SCI). </i> Today it has become a widespread subject of controversy even for Garfield, the man who created it w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Dermatology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2009;volume=54;issue=1;spage=83;epage=85;aulast=Elsaie |