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Thomson Scientific (ISI) flunks scientific test. Twice.
I just came across an article in the Journal of Cell Biology (of all places) which could be the first solid nail in the coffin of that dreaded, vile impact factor.

What is the impact factor?
For the uninitiated, the impac...[more]
Thomson Scientific   impact factor   citation statistics   citation metrics   journal ranking   
Posted on Thursday 20 December 2007 - 04:21:58

Thomson Scientific fights back
In the wake of the hard-hitting article by Rockefeller University Press editors in the Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), in which they describe how Thomson's ubiquitous impact factor twice flunked a scientific test, ...[more]
Thomson Scientific   impact factor   citation statistics   citation metrics   ScImage   journal ranking   butler   
Posted on Thursday 03 January 2008 - 12:34:56

Yet more trouble for the impact factor
After January's double whammie for Thomson Scientific and its coveted impact factor (here and here), my favorite journal, PLoS ONE has now published a paper which spells even more trouble for the company. The authors co...[more]
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Posted on Wednesday 05 March 2008 - 14:38:33

BIF: bibliographic impact factor or brain irritability factor?
The journal "Epidemiology" has a series of great articles on why we need to get rid of Thomson Scientific's Impact Factor. I've reported about this ridiculously influencial number before and how irrational, stupid and de...[more]
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Posted on Friday 09 May 2008 - 04:30:34

Why Thomson's Bibliographic Impact Factor (BIF) is dead
Despite the recent downpour of evidence against the use of Thomson's BIF, I still get comments from people such as "However, IFs are still the most used way of evaluating a researcher's career and value. Even if we find ...[more]
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Posted on Wednesday 23 July 2008 - 09:08:54

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