Taking the Impact Factor seriously is similar to taking creationism, homeopathy or divining seriously

Brembs, Björn (2012) Taking the Impact Factor seriously is similar to taking creationism, homeopathy or divining seriously. [Online resource]
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There is no evidence that journal rank has any persuasive predictive property for any measure of scientific quality. Every scientist who is not aware of the unscientific nature of the Impact Factor should ask themselves if they are in the right profession, writes Bjoern Brembs.
Item Type Online resource
Departments LSE
Date Deposited 27 Aug 2013 11:44
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/52061

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