UNDERSTANDING THE LIMITATIONS OF THE JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
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- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 85 (12) , 2449-2454
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-200312000-00028
Abstract
The impact factor, a simple mathematical formula reflecting the number of citations of a journal's material divided by the number of citable materials published by that same journal, has evolved to become one of the most influential tools in modern research and academia.The impact factor can be inflKeywords
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