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. 2006 Jun;3(6):e291.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030291.

The impact factor game. It is time to find a better way to assess the scientific literature

The

The impact factor game. It is time to find a better way to assess the scientific literature

The. PLoS Med. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

The PLoS Medicine editors argue that we need a better measure than the impact factor for assessing the biomedical literature.

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