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Should we ditch impact factors?

Williams G.

Even advocates of impact factors admit that they are a flawed measure of quality. Gareth Williams believes we should get rid of them whereas Richard Hobbs thinks refinement is the answer

More information Original publication

DOI

10.1136/bmj.39146.549225.BE

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2007-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

334

Keywords

Biomedical Research, Journalism, Medical, Peer Review, Research