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Causes for the Persistence of Impact Factor Mania

Numerous essays have addressed the misuse of the journal impact factor for judging the value of science, but the practice continues, primarily as a result of the actions of scientists themselves. This seemingly irrational behavior is referred to as “impact factor mania.” Although the literature on t...

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Autores principales: Casadevall, Arturo, Fang, Ferric C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3967521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24643863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00064-14