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Citation rates and impact factors: should they matter?

2001; Wiley; Volume: 74; Issue: 877 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1259/bjr.74.877.740001

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G. H. Whitehouse,

Health Sciences Research and Education

CommentaryCitation rates and impact factors: should they matter?G H WhitehouseG H WhitehouseUniversity of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX UKPublished Online:28 Jan 2014https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.74.877.740001SectionsPDF/EPUBFull Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail AboutReferences1 Garfield E. Citation indexes for science: a new dimension in documentation through association of ideas. Science 1955;122:108–11. Crossref Medline ISI, Google Scholar2 Seglen PO. The skewness of science. J Am Soc Information Sci 1992;43:628–38. Crossref, Google Scholar3 Moed HF, Van Leeuwen TN. Impact factors can mislead. Nature 1996;381:186 Crossref Medline ISI, Google Scholar4 Seglen PO. Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research. BMJ 1997;314:498–502. Crossref Medline, Google Scholar5 Smith R. Journal accused of manipulating impact factor. BMJ 1997;314:463 Google Scholar6 Moed HF, Van Leeuwen TN, Reedijk J. 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