Counting on citations: a flawed way to measure quality

被引：110

作者：

Walter, G

Bloch, S

Hunt, G

Fisher, K

机构：

[1] Thomas Walker Hosp Rivendell, Child Adolescent & Family Psychiat Serv, Rivendell Unit, Concord, NSW 2138, Australia

[2] Univ Melbourne, Dept Psychiat, Fitzroy, Vic, Australia

来源：

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA | 2003年 / 178卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05196.x

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

The journal Impact Factor and citation counts are misconstrued and misused as measures of scientific quality. Articles must be read in order to judge their quality. We have introduced a system, which may be easily replicated, to identify the best articles published in a journal.

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页码：280 / +

页数：3

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