The impact factor as a phantom: Is there a self-fulfilling prophecy effect of impact?

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-184

  Lange, Lydia L ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Databases; Electronic publishing; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036339279     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410210425449     Document Type: Article

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1. The role of journals in the growth of scientific knowledge
2. Citation analysis as a tool in journal evaluation
3. What do impact factors tall us?
4. Foreword
5. The Thomas theorem and the Matthew effect
6. Journal impact factors
7. Serious bias in journal impact factors
8. Improving the accuracy of the Institute for scientific information's journal impact factors
9. Impact factors can mislead
10. Towards appropriate indicators of journal impact
11. Journal production and journal impact factors
12. Impact takes precedence over interest
13. Why the impact of journals should not be used for evaluating research