“I Wonder” Wednesday: ISI’s Impact Factor
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.
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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 …”.