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* No, "citation impact" should not be merged with the "Impact Factor" article - citation impact is different from (broader than) Impact Factor. Impact Factor = Journal Impact Factor (JIF), i.e. a measure on the "journal level". Citation impact can be much broader and can for example be the impact of a particular article or researcher, which is different from the JUF ! |
* No, "citation impact" should not be merged with the "Impact Factor" article - citation impact is different from (broader than) Impact Factor. Impact Factor = Journal Impact Factor (JIF), i.e. a measure on the "journal level". Citation impact can be much broader and can for example be the impact of a particular article or researcher, which is different from the JUF ! |
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** I agree with the above: the Journal Impact Factor is the average citation count for a journal, but individual articles and authors have citation counts too, and so do works other than journal articles, such as books. Merging citation impact with the journal impact factor would be merging a sharper instrument (individual citation counts) with a duller instrument (average citation counts). Moreover there are journal-specific |
** I agree with the above: the Journal Impact Factor is the average citation count for a journal, but individual articles and authors have citation counts too, and so do works other than journal articles, such as books. Merging citation impact with the journal impact factor would be merging a sharper instrument (individual citation counts) with a duller instrument (average citation counts). Moreover there are journal-specific controversies about the journal impact factor that are irrelevant to individual citation counts, and should not be allowed to merge with or submerge them. |
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Revision as of 03:39, 24 August 2006
- No, "citation impact" should not be merged with the "Impact Factor" article - citation impact is different from (broader than) Impact Factor. Impact Factor = Journal Impact Factor (JIF), i.e. a measure on the "journal level". Citation impact can be much broader and can for example be the impact of a particular article or researcher, which is different from the JUF !
- I agree with the above: the Journal Impact Factor is the average citation count for a journal, but individual articles and authors have citation counts too, and so do works other than journal articles, such as books. Merging citation impact with the journal impact factor would be merging a sharper instrument (individual citation counts) with a duller instrument (average citation counts). Moreover there are journal-specific controversies about the journal impact factor that are irrelevant to individual citation counts, and should not be allowed to merge with or submerge them.
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I also do not think the two should be merged. I might not have found the information I was looking for, on this page, if "citation" wasn't in the title. "Impact factor" isn't enough.