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Editorial
. 2017 Feb;32(2):180-182.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2017.32.2.180.

The Journal Impact Factor Should Not Be Discarded

Lutz Bornmann  1 , Alexander I Pudovkin  2
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Editorial

The Journal Impact Factor Should Not Be Discarded

Lutz Bornmann et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2017 Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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