Journal impact factor: A valid symbol of journal quality?

• Rob Law ^[1] ; Daniel Leung ^[1]
  1. [1] Hong Kong Polytechnic University

     Hong Kong Polytechnic University

     RAE de Hong Kong (China)

     
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• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • As the citation frequency of a journal is a representation of how many people have read andacknowledged their works, academia generally shares the notion that impact factor and citationdata signify the quality and importance of a journal to the discipline. Although this notion is well-entrenched, is it reasonable to deduce that a journal is not of good quality due to its lower impactfactor? Do journal impact factors truly symbolize the quality of a journal? What must be notedwhen we interpret journal impact factors? This commentary article discusses these questions andtheir answers thoroughly.