Bias in the journal impact factor

Jerome K. Vanclay ()
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Jerome K. Vanclay: Southern Cross University

Scientometrics, 2009, vol. 78, issue 1, No 1, 3-12

Abstract: Abstract The ISI journal impact factor (JIF) is based on a sample that may represent half the whole-of-life citations to some journals, but a small fraction (

Date: 2009
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