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    A slide presentation for a 15 minute slot on understanding and using impact factor to assess journal quality. Emphasis on understanding the limitations of the measure.

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    A slide presentation for a 15 minute slot on understanding and using impact factor to assess journal quality. Emphasis on understanding the limitations of the measure.

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    Measuring Quality

    Using Impact Factor to assess a Journal

    Andrew Colgoni, Science Fluencies Librarian


    colgoni@mcmaster.ca

    Thursday, March 11, 2010 1


    Objectives
    By the end of lesson, you
    • will be able to look up impact
    factors for journals
    • will be able to explain how it is
    calculated and some drawbacks.

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    Impact Factor is:
    • A measurement devised ~50 years ago to show
    how ‘important’ a journal is.
    • Based on numbers of citations to articles in
    journals
    • Often used to decide where to publish
    • A crude measure - is but one thing to consider

    Thursday, March 11, 2010 3


    The calculation
    For a given Journal:

    # of times articles published in the previous


    two years were cited in any journal
    ________________________________
    # of articles published in the previous two
    years

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    The Journal Cell
    For 2008:
    Cell articles from 2006 & 2007 were cited:
    22440 times
    Cell published 718 articles in 2006 & 2007
    IF = 22440/718 = 31.253

    Journals want a higher number.

    Thursday, March 11, 2010 5


    Other Measures

    • 5-year Impact Factor (instead of 2)


    • Immediacy Index (articles cited within the
    same publishing year)
    • Eigenfactor

    Thursday, March 11, 2010 6


    Finding IF

    Web of Science!

    Thursday, March 11, 2010 7


    Finding IF
    Go to “Select a Database”

    Thursday, March 11, 2010 8


    Finding IF
    Journal Citation Reports

    Thursday, March 11, 2010 9


    Finding IF

    Browse by Subject Category OR Search for a title

    Thursday, March 11, 2010 10


    Finding IF

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    Finally!

    Thursday, March 11, 2010 12


    Brainstorm

    • What problems/flaws do you think IF might


    have?
    AND/OR
    • What alternative measures of journal quality
    would you suggest?

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    Problems with IF
    • Articles are cited, NOT Journals
    • Inaccuracies in citation data
    • Self-citation
    • Online Availability/Open access bias
    • Journals with more Review articles & longer
    articles have better IFs
    • Limited to those Journals indexed
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    Thursday, March 11, 2010 14


    Alternative Measures

    • Different metrics: Eigenfactor, e.g.


    • Article level measures
    • Access/Views #’s? Community Rating?
    Media Coverage? Usefulness?

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