Another Twist on Impact Factors
June 5, 2006 on 11:14 pm | In Science News & Hot Topics |Science Journals Artfully Try to Boost Their Rankings, in the June 5 Wall Street Journal. This time, it’s the WSJ weighing in on the “cult of the impact factor,” focusing on journal self-citing as a way to boost the ISI numbers. Includes quotes from School of Medicine faculty member John B. West.
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