Journal Self-Citation XXII: On the Journal Impact Factor – A Historical Perspective

Journal Self-Citation XXII: On the Journal Impact Factor - A Historical Perspective

Journal Self-Citation XII: The Ethics of Forced Journal Citations

The 2011 Journal Citation Reports and the impact factor of the Journal of Applied Oral Science

On June 28th, Thomson Reuters released the 2011 Journal Citation Reports. As all of you could notice, the impact factor of the Journal of Applied Oral Science decreased from 0.966 to 0.575 as compared to the 2010 edition. We were obviously frustrated and surprised with this outcome, but after a thorough analysis of the 81 journals in the Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine category, we observed ...

Impact factor and other standardized measures of journal citation: a perspective.

The impact factor of journals has been widely used as glory quotients. Despite its limitations, this citation metric is widely used to reflect scientific merit and standing in one's field. Apart from the impact factor, other bibliometric indicators are also available but are not as popular among decision makers. These indicators are the immediacy index and cited half-life. The impact factor its...

Journal Self-Citation VI: Forced Journal Self-Citation - Common, Appropriate, Ethical?