A Critique of the Impact Factor and Ramifications of Its Misuse in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: The Real Impact of the Impact Factor

The impact factor is used to compare the number of citations of a journal with its number of publications. Although first used to assess the significance of various journals, its very creator has stated that it is an imperfect system. Presently, the impact factor overvalues the importance of large-r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Plastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) 2018-10, Vol.142 (4), p.566e-568e
Hauptverfasser:	Nair, Lakshmi, Adetayo, Oluwaseun A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Humans Journal Impact Factor Periodicals as Topic Reconstructive Surgical Procedures Surgery, Plastic
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