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An Assessment of the Predictive Validity of Impact Factor Scores: Implications for Academic Employment Decisions in Social Work
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Holden, Gary; Rosenberg, Gary; Barker, Kathleen; Onghena, Patrick – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
Objective: Bibliometrics is a method of examining scholarly communications. Concerns regarding the use of bibliometrics in general, and the impact factor score (IFS) in particular, have been discussed across disciplines including social work. Although there are frequent mentions in the literature of the IFS as an indicator of the impact or quality…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Factor Analysis, Periodicals, Bibliometrics