Flisher AJ "Does the impact factor have too much impact? " SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL Volume: 99 Issue: 4 Pages: 226-228 Published: APR 2009

[Eugene Garfield]

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E-mail Addresses: alan.flisher at uct.ac.za  

TITLE:  Does the impact factor have too much impact? 

Author(s): Flisher AJ (Flisher, Alan J.)1,2,3  

Source: SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL    Volume: 99    Issue: 4    
Pages: 226-228    Published: APR 2009    

Reprint Address: Flisher, AJ (reprint author), Univ Cape Town, Div Child & 
Adolescent Psychiat, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa  
Addresses: 
1. Univ Cape Town, Div Child & Adolescent Psychiat, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, 
South Africa 
2. Univ Cape Town, Adolescent Hlth Res Unit, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South 
Africa 
3. Univ Bergen, Res Ctr Hlth Promot, N-5020 Bergen, Norway  

E-mail Addresses: alan.flisher at uct.ac.za  
Publisher: SA MEDICAL ASSOC, BLOCK F CASTLE WALK CORPORATE PARK, NOSSOB 
STREET, ERASMUSKLOOF EXT3, PRETORIA, 0002, SOUTH AFRICA  
IDS Number: 443QP  
ISSN: 0256-9574  
              
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