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Impact Factors: Can We Pretend That They Don't Exist?

corante.com » 2008 » October » 14th » Impact Factors: Can We Pretend That They Don't Exist?

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Science has been writing on and off about scientific publishing, which naturally leads to a discussion of the ways that publication records are evaluated. Fortunately, I haven’t had to deal with this sort of thing myself, but if the reports are accurate, the whole “impact factor” business seems to be well out of control. Impact factors, for those who haven’t had to worry about them, are an … Continue Reading »

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