Why not to use the journal impact factor as a criterion for the selection of junior researchers: A comment on Bornmann and Williams (2017)

Gjalt-Jorn Ygram Peters^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic › peer-review

Keywords

@article{6895f6f9390d4d2a8fa941a9c893cd1b,

title = "Why not to use the journal impact factor as a criterion for the selection of junior researchers: A comment on Bornmann and Williams (2017)",

keywords = "DICHOTOMIZATION, VARIABLES",

author = "Peters, {Gjalt-Jorn Ygram}",

year = "2017",

month = aug,

doi = "10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.001",

language = "English",

volume = "11",

pages = "888--891",

journal = "Journal of Informetrics",

issn = "1751-1577",

publisher = "Elsevier Science",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Why not to use the journal impact factor as a criterion for the selection of junior researchers

T2 - A comment on Bornmann and Williams (2017)

AU - Peters, Gjalt-Jorn Ygram

PY - 2017/8

Y1 - 2017/8

KW - DICHOTOMIZATION

KW - VARIABLES

U2 - 10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.001

DO - 10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.001

M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor

SN - 1751-1577

VL - 11

SP - 888

EP - 891

JO - Journal of Informetrics

JF - Journal of Informetrics

IS - 3

ER -