“I Wonder” Wednesday: ISI’s Impact Factor

On July 13, 2011 · 1 Comment · In I Wonder Wednesdays

Today we are wondering how you use ISI’s impact factor at your library. Please answer our poll below, and/or leave a comment to share details.

ISI’s impact factor is very important to our library in deciding whether or not to subscribe to a journal.

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One Response to “I Wonder” Wednesday: ISI’s Impact Factor

  1. Scot says:
    January 21, 2012 at 10:14 pm

    ISI impact factor is the only viable metric currently available to measure the significance of an author’s publication history or that of a journal. However anyone using this metric should also be aware of the issues associated with impact factor assessment as described in the article: “Journal impact factor …”.

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