Integrative approach to quality assessment of medical journals using impact factor, eigenfactor, and article influence scores.

BACKGROUND: Impact factor (IF) is a commonly used surrogate for assessing the scientific quality of journals and articles. There is growing discontent in the medical community with the use of this quality assessment tool because of its many inherent limitations. To help address such concerns, Eigenf...

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Main Authors: Jacques Rizkallah, Don D Sin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2855371?pdf=render