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 ...

For some scientists, it’s the height of irony: The scientific method depends on being able to check what others have done. But the growing use of citation statistics and impact factors in academe goes ...

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 ...

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 ...