http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/i-wonder-wednesday-isis-impact-factor/ Linking librarians, publishers and vendors Sat, 18 May 2013 19:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/i-wonder-wednesday-isis-impact-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-40107 Scot Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:14:11 +0000 http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=6061#comment-40107 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: <a href="http://www.sciencedebate.com/science-blog/journal-impact-factors-2011-released" rel="nofollow">"Journal impact factor ..."</a>. 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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