The journal impact factor today

Procianoy, Renato S.

doi:10.2223/jped.1731

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“…Corroborating this information, scientific editors from Brazilian journals [2] have shown as the key objective the indexation of their journals in the database of ISI and Medline, which shows not only a trend of improvement, but an obvious internationalization of Brazilian scientific journals.…”

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Fator de impacto: importância e influência no meio editorial, acadêmico e científico

Ruiz¹,

Greco²,

Braile³

2009

Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc

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In this report the authors present information on the bibliometric tools and their importance in measuring the quality of scientific journals and researchers. They present in particular the history and deployment of the impact factor of the existing Institute for Scientific Information since 1955. It is presented and discussed the criticism regarding the inadequacy of the impact factor for evaluation of scientific production, misuse and strategies editorial handling of the bibliometric index. It is presented the new classification CAPES for the journals, based on various criteria and the impact factor and its influence on national scientific and academic area. Concludes that, despite all obstacles and discussions, the impact factor of the Institute for Scientific Information is still a useful tool and the only available one to assess the scientific and intellectual productivity.Descriptors: Impact factor. Citation index. Bibliometrics indicators. Resumo Neste relato, os autores apresentam informações sobre os instrumentos bibliométricos e a sua importância na aferição da qualidade dos periódicos científicos, pesquisadores e docentes. Apresentam em particular a história e a implantação do fator de impacto do Institute for ScientificInformation existente desde 1955. São apresentadas e discutidas as críticas referentes à inadequação do fator de impacto para avaliação da produção científica, uso indevido e estratégias editoriais de manipulação deste índice bibliométrico. É apresentada a nova classificação CAPES para os periódicos, baseada em vários critérios e no Fator de impacto, em especial, e a sua influência na vida acadêmica e científica nacional. Conclui que, apesar de todos os óbices e discussões, o Fator de Impacto do Institute for Scientific Information ainda é uma ferramenta útil e, isoladamente, a única existente para avaliar os periódicos científicos e a produtividade intelectual. Descritores: Fator de Impacto. Índices de citação. Indicadores bibliométricos.

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confidence: 93%

Fator de impacto: importância e influência no meio editorial, acadêmico e científico

Ruiz¹,

Greco²,

Braile³

2009

Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc

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“…25,26 Editors may also try to increase the impact factor by altering the 'numerator' or 'denominator' type of articles in their journals. 27 An example is reducing the number of original articles published and publishing the original articles in the form of letters to the editor (to decrease the denominator in the impact factor ratio).…”

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The import of the impact factor: fallacies of citation-dependent scientometry

Kumar¹

2010

Bulletin

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Scientific research needs to be 'measured' for many reasons. First, it gives an indication of the quantitative output of research and thereby the productivity of a scientist. This is used by universities and research organisations to take decisions regarding continuation of tenure, promotion, salary and further funding of research by the scientist. It is used by librarians to decide on the type of journals that need priority. It is used by committees granting prizes and awards to the scientists based on the merit of research. For a long time there was no objective method of measuring scientific research and it is probably true that there are no satisfactory methods even today.

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“…In 2007, when I announced that Jornal de Pediatria was being included in the database of Thomson Reuters(ISI) and that it would have its impact factor measured, I also pointed out that the impact factor of Jornal de Pediatria would enable the evaluation of the significance of Brazilian scientific production in the international scene 2. Impact factors are published in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which includes more than 10,000 journals of science and social sciences.…”

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Fator de impacto 2009: uma nova realidade para o Jornal de Pediatria

Procianoy¹

2010

J. Pediatr. (Rio J.)

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Editing a scientific medical journal is not an easy task. The expectations of two different types of customers (readers and authors) need to be fulfilled, and they often have mismatched interests and goals. Readers, either clinical practitioners or investigators, want to read articles that can be useful to them. On the other hand, authors want their papers to be published in journals with high visibility and scientific recognition, which makes it possible to widely disseminate their studies.

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The journal impact factor today

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Fator de impacto: importância e influência no meio editorial, acadêmico e científico

Fator de impacto: importância e influência no meio editorial, acadêmico e científico

The import of the impact factor: fallacies of citation-dependent scientometry

Fator de impacto 2009: uma nova realidade para o Jornal de Pediatria

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