Question

List at least three practices that have resulted from the impact factor. Argue which of these is most problematic and explain why.

Answer 1

We’ve all noticed that science has been accelerating and a very fast rate resulting in what has been called information overload and more recently filter failure. There are now more researchers add more papers than ever which has led to the importance of bibliometric measures Bibliometric as a Field is a fairly new discipline but it has seen in impressive growth in years due to computation and data storage. Journal metrics can play an important role for editors. There are many different metrics