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François BOUTIN: University Professor, Montpellier 1 University
INTRODUCTION
At a time when the "fate" of every researcher, laboratory or institution depends in part on the quality of the publications they produce, it's important to understand the evaluation criteria used.
Here we present the main bibliometric indicators and their preferred databases: Impact Factor and Eigenfactor from ISI Web of Science, h-index from Google Scholar and SJR from Scopus.
This sheet will help you understand :
how these indicators work ;
their advantages and limitations;
the need to relativize/contextualize these indicators.
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What bibliometric indicators are needed to assess the quality of publications?
ISI Web of Science Impact Factor and Eigenfactor
Bibliography
[1] E. Garfield, "The Agony and the Ecstasy - The History and Meaning of the Journal Impact Factor", Int. Congr. Peer Rev. Biomed. Publ. , Sept. 2005
[2] C. Bergstrom, "Eigenfactor: Measuring the value and prestige of scholarly journals", Coll. Res. Libr. News , vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 314-316, 2007
[3] P. O. Seglen, "Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating...
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