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Accounting for impact? The journal impact factor and the making of biomedical research in the Netherlands

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The range and types of performance metrics has recently proliferated in academic settings, with bibliometric indicators being particularly visible examples. One field that has traditionally been hospitable towards such indicators is biomedicine. Here the relative merits of bibliometrics are widely discussed, with debates often portraying them as heroes or villains. Despite a plethora of controversies, one of the most widely used indicators in this field is said to be the Journal Impact Factor...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1007/s11024-015-9274-5

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
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Author
Publisher:
Springer Verlag Publisher's website
Journal:
Minerva Journal website
Volume:
53
Issue:
2
Pages:
117-139
Publication date:
2015-05-31
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EISSN:
1573-1871
ISSN:
0026-4695
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pubs:724535
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uuid:13620fe8-53f8-48dd-8aa2-77f8f62dd258
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pubs:724535
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724535
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2017-09-22

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