Brischoux F, Cook TR, "Juniors seek an end to the Impact Factor Race" Bioscience 59(8):638-639, September 2009

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: francois.brischoux at gmail.com, timothee.cook at gmail.com  

TITLE:  Juniors Seek an End to the Impact Factor Race 
   
Author(s): Brischoux F (Brischoux, Francois)1,2, Cook TR (Cook, Timothee R.)
1,3    

Source: BIOSCIENCE    Volume: 59    Issue: 8    Pages: 638-639    
Published: SEP 2009    

Times Cited: 0     References: 7     Citation Map      
 Document Type: Editorial Material  
Language: English  

Reprint Address: Brischoux, F (reprint author), CNRS, Ctr Etud Biol Chize, 
Villiers En Bois, France    

Addresses: 
1. CNRS, Ctr Etud Biol Chize, Villiers En Bois, France  
2. Univ Sydney, Sch Biol Sci, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia  
3. Univ Cape Town, DST INRF Ctr Excellence, Percy FitzPatrick Inst African 
Ornithol, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa  

E-mail Addresses: francois.brischoux at gmail.com, timothee.cook at gmail.com  

Publisher: AMER INST BIOLOGICAL SCI, 1444 EYE ST, NW, STE 200, WASHINGTON, 
DC 20005 USA   
IDS Number: 491PS   
ISSN: 0006-3568   
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.8.2  
 
              
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