A review of Garfield's journal impact factor and its specific implementation as the Thomson
Reuters impact factor reveals several weaknesses in this commonly-used indicator of …

In this paper, we summarize the current state of the field of NLP & Law with a specific focus
on recent technical and substantive developments. To support our analysis, we construct …

Purpose To provide a brief review of literature on the journal impact factors (JIF) and the
newer research metrics being proposed or implemented. Methods The authors performed a …

Multidisciplinary electronic databases are increasingly relied upon to compile evidence for
original research and systematic reviews; however, little is known about how these services …

Purpose To evaluate the association between the Hirsch index (a measure of publications
and citations) and academic rank among hand surgeons. Methods This was a cross …

This paper is devoted to the challenges of measuring, analyzing and visualizing research
capacity of university. We identify the related methodological issues, propose solutions and …

Objective To explore alternative bibliometric markers to the well-established journal impact
factor. The bibliometric evolution of a leading ENT journal over a six year period is …

Background: Evaluation of research productivity among plastic surgeons can be complex.
The Hirsch index (h-index) was recently introduced to evaluate both the quality and quantity …

Different approaches can be chosen to quantify the impact and merits of scientific oncology
publications. These include source of publication (including journal reputation and impact …

This study tested the hypothesis of the strong scholar perception of the journal Sports
Biomechanics with a bibliometric analysis of top-cited articles. Three major databases …