Academic anesthesiologists' views on the importance of the impact factor of scientific journals: a North American and European survey

Academic anesthesiologists' views on the importance of the impact factor of scientific journals: a North American and European survey

To investigate the views of North American and European anesthesiologists on the value of the impact factor (IF). Four hundred thirty-eight anesthesiologists in Canada, the United States of America (USA), and Europe were polled about the importance of the IF regarding hiring, promotions, funding of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian journal of anesthesia 2001-11, Vol.48 (10), p.953-957
Hauptverfasser: FASSOULAKI, Argyro, SARANTOPOULOS, Constantine, PAPILAS, Kostantinos, PATRIS, Konstantinos, MELEMENI, Aikaterini
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anesthesiology
Bibliometrics
Biological and medical sciences
Europe
Humans
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Nominations
North America
Research Support as Topic
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Zusammenfassung:To investigate the views of North American and European anesthesiologists on the value of the impact factor (IF). Four hundred thirty-eight anesthesiologists in Canada, the United States of America (USA), and Europe were polled about the importance of the IF regarding hiring, promotions, funding of research and to express their personal views. IF of a candidate's publications is a criterion in 38% of academic appointments in Canada and USA vs 81% in Europe (P
ISSN:0832-610X
1496-8975
DOI:10.1007/BF03016583