Use and misuse of the journal impact factor for evaluating researchers
E.O.L. Lantsoght,
M. Abambres,
T. Ribeiro
et al.
Abstract:While the journal impact factor was originally developed to help librarians decide which journals to subscribe to, it has been increasingly used for the evaluation of the performance of individual researchers. The reasons why this practice should never be encouraged are reported in this study based on a literature review. This manuscript presents a critical overview on the international use, by governments and institutions, of the journal impact factor and/or journal indexing information for the assessment of … Show more
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