Impact Factor in Institute for Scientific Information (ISI): Quality and Quantity of Scientific Publications

Hamzehali Nourmohammadi | Abdolreza Noroozi Chakoli | Mohammad Hassanzadeh

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URL :   http://research.shahed.ac.ir/WSR/WebPages/Report/PaperView.aspx?PaperID=3334
Date :  2009/12/22
Publish in :    COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management
DOI :  https://doi.org/10.1080/09737766.2009.10700875

Keywords :Institute, Scientific, Information, ISI, Quantity, Scientific, Publications

Abstract :

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Abstract The article investigates the Impact Factor in Journals and its consequences for scientific considerations. The Impact Factor is a value for Journals listed in the Science Citation Index, which shows the average degree of acquaintance in the scientific community. There is an annual increase in Impact Factor in SCI, in which the annual rate is rising as high as the Impact Factor. The Impact Factor is also determined to a considerable degree based on the availability of the cited sources. Impact factors of Journals and prices for their relations depend only on a weak statistics from each other. Subscription of a Journal depends strongly on the citations. The IF rises with the number of copies of magazines if these already exhibit a higher I