Impact factor: vitamin or poison?

Chocolate: Panacea or Poison??

Are you a chocoholic? If the answer is "Yes" then you are far from being alone. Aside from the weighty issue of rising poundage, there is also a more pertinent issue for sufferers of chronic pain. There appear to be 2 sides to this story and I really cannot say which is the more accurate: it may well be a case of "suck it and see"" The "for" argument goes some...

Flow-Diversion Panacea or Poison?

Endovascular therapy is now the treatment of choice for intracranial aneurysms (IAs) for its efficacy and safety profile. The use of flow diversion (FD) has recently expanded to cover many types of IAs in various locations. Some institutions even attempt FD as first line treatment for unruptured IAs. The most widely used devices are the pipeline embolization device (PED), the SILK flow diverter...

Erythrocyte transfusion: remedy or poison?

Is the emperor nude? Impact factor or health impact factor?

Success in research is today assessed by means of bibliometrics, identifying impact factors for the journals where we publish. Within medicine and biosciences impact factors are highly diverse, with the highest numbers in the area of cell biology, clinical medicine, pharmacology, molecular biology and genetics. The area of nutrition is never particularly high on the impact factor list. This cre...

Pharmaceuticals: Impact Factor or CiteScore™

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