Using and misusing the impact factor: Thomson Scientific speaks with David Tempest, Elsevier

 
Thomson Scientific's new online forum promotes scholarly discussion about all facets of citation-based research evaluation. In a newly published article, Elsevier's David Tempest talks about the relationship between Impact Factor and journal quality, and Elsevier's commitment to best practice with the use of bibliometrics.

As Associate Director of Research and Academic Relations for Elsevier, one of the world's foremost scholarly publishers, bibliometrician David Tempest and his team provide the analysis to advise Elsevier's 2,000 journals on maximizing their quality. He is a frequent lecturer on the uses (and misuses) of Impact Factor. Read the interview with David Tempest

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