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Direct linkNeff, Bryan D.; Olden, Julian D. – BioScience, 2010
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) impact factor has become an important standard for assessing journal quality. Here we propose that impact factors may be subject to inflation analogous to changes in monetary prices in economics. The possibility of inflation came to light as a result of the observation that papers published today tend…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Economic Impact, Citation Analysis, Citations (References)
