Impact factor of a scientific journal: Is it a measure of quality of research?

Impact factor of a scientific journal: Is it a measure of quality of research?

[...]it is highly controversial when the use of JIF is extended to evaluate the merit of papers therein and/or to assess an individual researcher. In other words, a scholar with 'h-index' has published 'h' papers each of which has been cited in other papers at least 'h'...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical physics 2013-10, Vol.38 (4), p.155-157
Hauptverfasser: Shanta, A, Pradhan, A, Sharma, S
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:[...]it is highly controversial when the use of JIF is extended to evaluate the merit of papers therein and/or to assess an individual researcher. In other words, a scholar with 'h-index' has published 'h' papers each of which has been cited in other papers at least 'h' times. [...]the h-index reflects both the number of publications and the number of citations per publication.
ISSN:0971-6203
1998-3913
DOI:10.4103/0971-6203.121191