Rank normalization of impact factors will resolve Vanclay’s dilemma with TRIF: Comments on the paper by Jerome Vanclay

Rank normalization of impact factors will resolve Vanclay’s dilemma with TRIF: Comments on the paper by Jerome Vanclay

The ThomsonReuters impact factor is a viable, widely used and informative measure of journal visibility and frequency of use. It is accurate, transparent and easy to use. It is a live and evolving system, that can broaden its scope and implement new features and methods. Some of Vanclay’s suggestion...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientometrics 2012-08, Vol.92 (2), p.409-412
Hauptverfasser: Pudovkin, A. I., Garfield, Eugene
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Computer Science
Information Storage and Retrieval
Library Science
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Zusammenfassung:The ThomsonReuters impact factor is a viable, widely used and informative measure of journal visibility and frequency of use. It is accurate, transparent and easy to use. It is a live and evolving system, that can broaden its scope and implement new features and methods. Some of Vanclay’s suggestions, like wider use of order statistics, or our suggestion of rank normalization might be implemented by JCR in the future.
ISSN:0138-9130
1588-2861
DOI:10.1007/s11192-012-0634-8