Multidimensional journal evaluation :: analyzing scientific periodicals beyond the impact factor /

Scientific communication depends primarily on publishing in journals. The most important indicator to determine the influence of a journal is the Impact Factor. Since this factor only measures the average number of citations per article in a certain time window, it can be argued that it does not ref...

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1. Verfasser: Haustein, Stefanie
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter/Saur, 2012.
Schriftenreihe:Knowledge & information.
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Zusammenfassung:Scientific communication depends primarily on publishing in journals. The most important indicator to determine the influence of a journal is the Impact Factor. Since this factor only measures the average number of citations per article in a certain time window, it can be argued that it does not reflect the actual value of a periodical. This book defines five dimensions, which build a framework for a multidimensional method of journal evaluation. The author is winner of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship 2011.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vii, 408 pages) : figure, table
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110255553
3110255553

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