How can impact factors be improved?
How can impact factors be improved?
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DOI：
10.1136/bmj.313.7054.411
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发表时间：
1996-08-17
影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Garfield, E
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作者：
Garfield, E
影响因子被广泛用于期刊的排名和评价。在评价工作中，它们也常常被不适当地用作替代物。科学引文索引的发明者警告不要滥用这些数据。10种主要医学期刊的14年累积影响力数据提供了其长期影响力的定量指标。归根结底，影响力只是反映了期刊和编辑吸引最好论文的能力。
Impact factors are widely used to rank and evaluate journals. They are also often used inappropriately as surrogates in evaluation exercises. The inventor of the Science Citation Index warns against the indiscriminate use of these data. Fourteen year cumulative impact data for 10 leading medical journals provide a quantitative indicator of their long term influence. In the final analysis, impact simply reflects the ability of journals and editors to attract the best papers available.