[DIALOGnews] IMPACT FACTORS: The number that's devouring science

[Susan Weiler]

Sorry for adding to your e-mail pile, but I thought this was  
important enough to justify sending out as a separate message. You  
should ALL read this....

>> A good article in the Chronicle of Higher Education (52:8, Oct.14)
>> on the problems of journal 'impact factors' and its effects on  
>> research and
>> science publishing.
>>
>> The number that's devouring science: http://chronicle.com/free/v52/ 
>> i08/08a01201.htm

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