Although Richard Monastersky describes a real problem — the abuse of journals’ impact factors — its solution is so obvious that we hardly need so many words on the subject (“The Number That’s ...

Many researchers still see the journal impact factor (JIF) as a key metric for promotions and tenure, despite concerns that it’s a flawed measure of a researcher’s value. A journal’s impact factor ...

Survey finds that 40% of research-intensive universities mention the controversial metric in review documents — despite efforts to dampen its influence. Almost half of research-intensive universities ...

Recently launched OA journals recognized for quality in latest Journal Citation Reports™ PISCATAWAY, N.J., 27 July 2023 -- IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization advancing ...

This paper provides an analysis of the citation counts of articles published in the leading finance journals. It identifies the determinants of the most prevalent measure of influence for finance ...

For some scientists, it’s the height of irony: The scientific method depends on being able to check what others have done. But the growing use of citation statistics and impact factors in academe goes ...

CRANBURY, N.J., July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), the leading multimedia peer-reviewed journal dedicated to issues in managed care, today announced that ...

https://doi.org/10.1641/b570702 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1641/b570702 Copy URL AA Agrawal. 2005. Corruption of journal impact factors. Trends in Ecology ...

(Toronto, ON, June 20, 2025) JMIR Publications, a leading publisher of open access digital health research, is pleased to announce new Journal Impact Factors for its journals, as published in Journal ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), the world’s largest scientific association for human factors/ergonomics professionals, announced that the society’s ...