For some scientists, it’s the height of irony: The scientific method depends on being able to check what others have done. But the growing use of citation statistics and impact factors in academe goes ...

In the beginning, during the late 1950s, it was just an innocent idea in Eugene Garfield’s head. A Philadelphia researcher who described himself as a “documentation consultant,” Mr. Garfield spent his ...

Impact factor (IF) is a useful tool to evaluate a scientific publication. The impact of a publication on the community can bear little relationship to the impact factor. This paper describes how IF is ...

Since its launch around 40 years ago, the journal impact factor (JIF) has shaped academic behaviour. Originally presented by Eugene Garfield, founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (now ...

Again, I can’t possibly issue an exhaustive list for lack of space. The position of the European Association of Science Editors that was issued in 2007 was one of the most charitable ones in that it ...

The formula to measure the quality of a research journal calls for a rethink The Higher Education Commission has adopted nearly half a century old measure proposed by bibliographer Eugene Garfield (in ...

image: With an increase of 27%, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine has again achieved the highest impact factor ever in its history, ranking third among all medical journals worldwide. view more The ...