Spurious alternative impact factors: The scale of the problem from an academic perspective

BioEssays

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 474-476

  Gutierrez, Fredy R S ^a   Beall, Jeffrey ^b   Forero, Diego A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Science metrics; Scientific publishing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CAREER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SCIENTIST; SCISEARCH; SCOPUS; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEB OF SCIENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR;

EID: 84927911239     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201500011     Document Type: Article

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