ASM Journals Eliminate Impact Factor Information from Journal Websites

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Many scientists attempt to publish their work in a journal with the highest possible journal impact factor (IF). Despite widespread condemnation of the use of journal IFs to assess the significance of published work, these numbers continue to be widely misused in publication, hiring, funding, and pr...

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Autores principales: Casadevall, Arturo, Bertuzzi, Stefano, Buchmeier, Michael J., Davis, Roger J., Drake, Harold, Fang, Ferric C., Gilbert, Jack, Goldman, Barbara M., Imperiale, Michael J., Matsumura, Philip, McAdam, Alexander J., Pasetti, Marcela F., Sandri-Goldin, Rozanne M., Silhavy, Thomas, Rice, Louis, Young, Jo-Anne H., Shenk, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27408939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00184-16
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Sumario:Many scientists attempt to publish their work in a journal with the highest possible journal impact factor (IF). Despite widespread condemnation of the use of journal IFs to assess the significance of published work, these numbers continue to be widely misused in publication, hiring, funding, and promotion decisions (1, 2).

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