The impact factor and psychiatry journals: an international perspective

The impact factor (IF) is a metric for assessing academic journals. Despite its shortcomings, the IF is the preeminent yardstick by which the quality of scientific journals is determined. In this paper, the key aspects of the IF are covered from an international perspective, with a specific emphasis...

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Autor principal: Rajagopal, Sundararajan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017
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Special Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093928
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spelling pubmed-56188252017-11-01 The impact factor and psychiatry journals: an international perspective Rajagopal, Sundararajan BJPsych Int Special Paper The impact factor (IF) is a metric for assessing academic journals. Despite its shortcomings, the IF is the preeminent yardstick by which the quality of scientific journals is determined. In this paper, the key aspects of the IF are covered from an international perspective, with a specific emphasis on psychiatry journals. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5618825/ /pubmed/29093928 Text en © 2017 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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