Updating the journal impact factor or total overhaul?

Ronald Rousseau ()
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Ronald Rousseau: KHBO (Association K.U.Leuven)

Scientometrics, 2012, vol. 92, issue 2, No 23, 413-417

Abstract: Abstract Vanclay’s proposal (Vanclay (2012). Impact factor: outdated artefact or stepping-stone to journal certification? Scientometrics doi: 10.1007/s11192-011-0561-0 ) is discussed. We agree that a major overhaul is necessary: journal evaluation must be performed using instruments and not artefacts.

Keywords: Journal impact factor; Instrument (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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