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Journal Impact Factors: A Tool to Help Identify Key Research in Your Field
Date Apr 10, 2012
Time 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Cost Free
Sponsor University Library
Contact Merinda Hensley
Registration Registration
Event type Workshop
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Originating Calendar Savvy Researcher Workshops - University Library
Most frequently used in the sciences, and to some extent in the social sciences, impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" published in a given scholarly journal has been cited. Impact factor (IF) is often used as a measure of the importance of a particular journal to its field. The IF of a journal may be used as an objective measure of the "worth" of your publications when you go up for promotion or tenure. Use this to your advantage when you decide where to publish your research.
- How are impact factors calculated?
- Which journals in your field have the highest Impact Factors?
- Introduction to Journal Citation Reports, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar
- The debate on impact factors
- Alternatives to the Impact Factor, including the h-index.
Can't attend? Download the presentation: (Powerpoint) or (PDF).
Lead Instructor: Katie Newman, Biotechnology Librarian