Vakil N "The journal impact factor: Judging a book by its cover" AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY 100 (11): 2436-2437 NOV 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: nvakil at wisc.edu

Title: The journal impact factor: Judging a book by its cover

Author(s): Vakil N

Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY 100 (11): 2436-2437 NOV 2005

Document Type: Editorial Material     Language: English
Cited References: 6                   Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
Journal impact factors have been used to evaluate the quality of the work
of an individual author and as a guide to the quality of a given study.
Despite a rough correlation between the quality of an article and the
impact factor of the journal it is published in, the reader cannot be sure
of the value of an individual article without a careful appraisal of its
content.

Addresses: Vakil N (reprint author), Aurora Sinai Med Ctr, 945 N 12th
St,Room 4040, Milwaukee, WI 53233 USA
Univ Wisconsin, Sch Med, Madison, WI USA
Marquette Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, Milwaukee, WI 53233 USA

Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON,
ENGLAND

Subject Category: GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
IDS Number: 976ZD

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