Favaloro, EJ (Favaloro, Emmanuel J.) More on the Impact Factor and thrombosis and haemostasis journals: Benefits and limitations THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS, 98 (2): 475-476 AUG 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: emmanuel at icpmr.wsahs.nsw.gov.au 

DOI: 10.1160/TH07-05-0344

Excerpt: What this also means in practice is that we should probably 
continue to use the Impact Factor as a surrogate marker of 
publication "quality", but we should also be aware of its limitations (1-
4). We should recognise as well that the Impact Factor is not the be-all 
and end-all marker of a journal's quality.  It is but one marker, and 
although it is probably the best marker we currently have, it is a marker 
which is more directed at on-going (citable) work than practioner-targeted 
work.

Author(s): Favaloro, EJ (Favaloro, Emmanuel J.) 

Title: More on the Impact Factor and thrombosis and haemostasis journals: 
Benefits and limitations 

Source: THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS, 98 (2): 475-476 AUG 2007 

Language: English 

Document Type: Letter
 
Addresses: Westmead Hosp, Inst Clin Pathol & Med Res, Dept Haematol, 
SWAHS, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia 
Reprint Address: Favaloro, EJ, Westmead Hosp, Inst Clin Pathol & Med Res, 
Dept Haematol, SWAHS, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia. 

E-mail Address: emmanuel at icpmr.wsahs.nsw.gov.au 

Cited Reference Count: 6 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: SCHATTAUER GMBH-VERLAG MEDIZIN NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 

Publisher Address: HOLDERLINSTRASSE 3, D-70174 STUTTGART, GERMANY 

ISSN: 0340-6245 

29-char Source Abbrev.: THROMB HAEMOST 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Thromb. Haemost. 

Source Item Page Count: 2 

Subject Category: Hematology; Peripheral Vascular Disease 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 201BZ 

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