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The Impact Factor of Angewandte Chemie …︁
Author(s) -
Gölitz Peter
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201411579
Subject(s) - impact factor , citation , value (mathematics) , german , history , classics , positive economics , library science , political science , computer science , mathematics , economics , law , statistics , archaeology
What does the Impact Factor tell us? This question is addressed by Peter Gölitz in his Editorial, particularly in light of the surprising drop in the 2013 Impact Factor of Angewandte Chemie. An explanation is sought and found. Most importantly the influence of the individual variables that determine the Impact Factor needs to be understood.