Bradford’s law, the long tail principle, and transparency in Journal Impact Factor calculations
Beyond the commonly mentioned limitations of the Journal Impact Factor, we discuss the obsolete principle of selecting journals to create a fake-representative sample of ‘journals that matter’ and the opacity around the calculation and listing of Impact Factors. We use the example of Pharmacy Practi...
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Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas
2016-09-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.pharmacypractice.org/journal/index.php/pp/article/view/842/468 |
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| description | Beyond the commonly mentioned limitations of the Journal Impact Factor, we discuss the obsolete principle of selecting journals to create a fake-representative sample of ‘journals that matter’ and the opacity around the calculation and listing of Impact Factors. We use the example of Pharmacy Practice in 2015 for illustration. We hypothesize that a business-oriented system of measuring the science and quality of scholarly journals may not be the best option to avoid biases and conflicts of interest. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b607b6106bb41c0b07041d03440867a2022-12-22T01:16:45ZengCentro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones FarmaceuticasPharmacy Practice1885-642X1886-36552016-09-0114384210.18549/PharmPract.2014.03.842Bradford’s law, the long tail principle, and transparency in Journal Impact Factor calculationsFernandez-Llimos FBeyond the commonly mentioned limitations of the Journal Impact Factor, we discuss the obsolete principle of selecting journals to create a fake-representative sample of ‘journals that matter’ and the opacity around the calculation and listing of Impact Factors. We use the example of Pharmacy Practice in 2015 for illustration. We hypothesize that a business-oriented system of measuring the science and quality of scholarly journals may not be the best option to avoid biases and conflicts of interest.http://www.pharmacypractice.org/journal/index.php/pp/article/view/842/468Journal Impact FactorReproducibility of ResultsSelection BiasConflict of InterestPeriodicals as TopicBibliometrics |
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| title | Bradford’s law, the long tail principle, and transparency in Journal Impact Factor calculations |
| title_full | Bradford’s law, the long tail principle, and transparency in Journal Impact Factor calculations |
| title_fullStr | Bradford’s law, the long tail principle, and transparency in Journal Impact Factor calculations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bradford’s law, the long tail principle, and transparency in Journal Impact Factor calculations |
| title_short | Bradford’s law, the long tail principle, and transparency in Journal Impact Factor calculations |
| title_sort | bradford s law the long tail principle and transparency in journal impact factor calculations |
| topic | Journal Impact Factor Reproducibility of Results Selection Bias Conflict of Interest Periodicals as Topic Bibliometrics |
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