History of the journal impact factor: Contingencies and consequences
History of the journal impact factor: Contingencies and consequences
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DOI：
10.1007/s11192-007-2036-x
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
期刊：
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Lariviere, Vincent
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作者：
Archambault, Eric;Lariviere, Vincent
本文探讨了期刊影响力指标的起源，以及它们的演变如何在科学信息研究所（Institute for Scientific Information）的期刊影响因子（JIF）中达到顶峰。本文展示了占主导地位的JIF（发表在期刊引文报告- JCR）的各种构建块是如何形成的。本文认为，这些积木都是相当任意地构建的，或者与那些管理当代使用JIF的目的不同。结果是一种错误的方法，很容易被期刊编辑操纵，也容易被不加批判的人滥用。讨论探讨了一些解决方案，提供给文献计量学和科学界考虑目前广泛使用的这一指标。
This paper examines the genesis of journal impact measures and how their evolution culminated in the journal impact factor (JIF) produced by the Institute for Scientific Information. The paper shows how the various building blocks of the dominant JIF (published in the Journal Citation Report - JCR) came into being. The paper argues that these building blocks were all constructed fairly arbitrarily or for different purposes than those that govern the contemporary use of the JIF. The results are a faulty method, widely open to manipulation by journal editors and misuse by uncritical parties. The discussion examines some solution offered to the bibliometrics and scientific communities considering the wide use of this indicator at present.