Analyzing the impact of an author's publications
Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLAPublished 1 January 2008Open access
Lee A. Vucovich, Jason Blaine Baker, J. Torquil Smith
Citations23
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.35
SNIP1.59
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The journal impact factor (JIF) was developed to facilitate comparison between citation rates of journals and evolved as a measurement of journal quality on the assumption that a higher citation rate equaled a higher quality journal, which causes concerns.
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