Rising Publication Delays Inflate Journal Impact Factors
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Rising Publication Delays Inflate Journal Impact Factors
What is this about?
This study shows that delays between online and print publication of articles artificially increase the journal's impact factor (IF). Therefore, authors propose that calculation of the IFs should be based on the date of electronic publication.
