What do journal impact factors really tell us?

Gregory S. Kolt

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Editorial: Journal impact factors were first released in 1975, and were designed as a measure of a journal’s citation influence. With increasing international pressure around metrics for research performance, journal impact factors are now more often construed as an indicator of the scholarly value of an individual piece of work.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)369-369
Number of pages1
JournalJournal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume14
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • journal impact factors
  • scholarly publishing

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