Naughty Twins and the Impact of Journals
Unethical republication has created a unique opportunity to study the effect of journals on article citations.
The Impact Factor: A Tool from a Bygone Era?
With scientific information propagating in new ways, is the Impact Factor measuring what it was intended to measure?
The Author ID Dilemma
The notion of a persistent, unique, portable author identifier sounds reasonable, but there may be a showstopper or two hidden in the mix.
Scientific Impact Measures Compared
A new study suggests that the venerated journal impact factor (JIF) may not provide a consensus view of “scientific impact.”
ISI Draws Fire from Citation Researchers, Librarians
Indexing of proceedings papers, errors in conversion, draw ire from bibliometrics community. Some question its effect on journal Impact Factors.
Universal Citations
Italian researchers may have discovered the solution to comparing citation impact across disciplines. Is the Impact Factor next?
Eigenfactor
Does the Principle of Repeated Improvement Result in Better Journal Impact Estimates than Raw Citation Counts?