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Impact factors

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Author: James Annan
Date: 2015-05-29 13:15:00
Blog: James’ Empty Blog
URL: http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2015/05/impact-factors.html

Summary:

As chief executive editor of a journal (Geoscientific Model Development), I've learned how the "impact factor" is calculated. Basically it counts the number of citations a paper gets in the 2 years after it is published. When I first learned this I was really surprised that the timescale is so short. I think 2 years isn't really long enough for someone else to pick up your ideas and run with

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