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Editorial
. 2009 Apr 28;106(17):6883-4.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0903307106. Epub 2009 Apr 20.

The most influential journals: Impact Factor and Eigenfactor

Alan Fersht
Editorial

The most influential journals: Impact Factor and Eigenfactor

Alan Fersht. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Plot of the 2007 Eigenfactor rating against total number of citations listed in the Journal Citation Reports®.
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References

    1. Bollen J, Van de Sempel H, Hagberg E. A principal component analysis of 39 scientific impact measures. 2009 e-Print Archive, http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/0902.2183. - PMC - PubMed
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