ABS: Stegmann, Why Note Use Journal Impact Factors?

[Gretchen Whitney]

Johannes Stegmann, Free University Berlin, University Clinic Benjamin
Franklin, Medical Library,
 D-12200 Berlin
 Email: stegmann at ukbf.fu-berlin.de

Why not use Journal Impact Factors?

"The "bibliometric crisis" mentioned in a feature article published
recently in the EAHIL newsletter is analysed further with respect to the
negative image of impact factors. The potential of bibliometric analysis
beyond impact factors is noted. A variation of journal impact factors,
based on wider time windows, and the construction of impact factors for
journals not listed in the Journal Citation Reports is commentated."

http://www.eahil.org/newsletter/47/impact.htm

EAHIL Newsletter May 1999


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