Impact factors are increasingly being used as measures in the process of academic evaluation; however, the pitfalls associated with such use of impact factors are not always appreciated. Impact factors have limited use as criteria in determining the quality of scientific research. Classical anatomis
The use and abuse of impact factors
β Scribed by Sandy C. Marks Jr.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 35 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0897-3806
- DOI
- 10.1002/ca.10139
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