Journal Self-Citation XXII: On the Journal Impact Factor – A Historical Perspective

Journal Self-Citation XXII: On the Journal Impact Factor – A Historical Perspective

This paper puts a historical perspective on the use of Impact Factors. It describes how Impact Factors were used in a U.S. National Research Council project 35 years ago to evaluate the improvements that resulted from a billion dollar University Science Development program funded by the National Sci...

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Veröffentlicht in:Communications of the Association for Information Systems 2009, Vol.25, p.22
1. Verfasser: Drew, David E.
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Sprache:eng
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Impact factors
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Zusammenfassung:This paper puts a historical perspective on the use of Impact Factors. It describes how Impact Factors were used in a U.S. National Research Council project 35 years ago to evaluate the improvements that resulted from a billion dollar University Science Development program funded by the National Science Foundation. Impact Factor rankings proved to have a remarkably high correlation to science departments ranking obtained from a different source. The paper considers additional policy aspects of impact factors.
ISSN:1529-3181
1529-3181
DOI:10.17705/1CAIS.02522