Impact Factor
- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Epidemiology
- Vol. 19 (3) , 369
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0b013e31816b6a7a
Abstract
This commentary emphasizes the importance of Hernán's contention that the impact factor's strong dependence on nonquality factors makes it utterly flawed as a way to evaluate quality of journals or papers.Keywords
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