Impact factor (IF) is a useful tool to evaluate a scientific publication. The impact of a publication on the community can bear little relationship to the impact factor. This paper describes how IF is ...

In the beginning, during the late 1950s, it was just an innocent idea in Eugene Garfield’s head. A Philadelphia researcher who described himself as a “documentation consultant,” Mr. Garfield spent his ...

Again, I can’t possibly issue an exhaustive list for lack of space. The position of the European Association of Science Editors that was issued in 2007 was one of the most charitable ones in that it ...

Every September, a ripple of excitement passes through the scientific community as the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) publishes its latest set of impact factors, in which some six thousand ...

The formula to measure the quality of a research journal calls for a rethink The Higher Education Commission has adopted nearly half a century old measure proposed by bibliographer Eugene Garfield (in ...

image: With an increase of 27%, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine has again achieved the highest impact factor ever in its history, ranking third among all medical journals worldwide. view more The ...