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The journal Impact Factor and alternative metrics
Author(s) -
Bornmann Lutz,
Marx Werner
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201642823
Subject(s) - impact factor , citation , library science , planck , state (computer science) , sociology , political science , law , physics , computer science , algorithm , quantum mechanics
Even though the journal Impact Factor remains popular for research assessment, it is not suitable for measuring the impact or quality of individual research papers. A range of alternative metrics have been developed to better judge the quality of academic papers.