IMPACT FACTOR : CALCULATION, SIGNIFICANCE, USE AND SOME MISUSES

Some misuses of Journal Impact Factor in research evaluation.

Jesús Rey-Rocha1, M. José Martín-Sempere2, Jesús Martínez-Frías3 and Fernando López-Vera4 (1,2Centre for Scientific Information and Documentation (CINDOC), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Madrid, Spain; 3Department of Geology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Madrid, Spain; 4Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Geology and Geo...

Journal impact factor: uses and misuses.

s a lecturer of biomedical writing, I have usually been asked about the impact factor of journals and how authors can publish their scientific manuscripts in journals with high impact factors. This is particularly important for faculty members since recently, many officials in Iran evaluate the scientific merit of an article based on the impact factor of the journal that published it. Sometimes...

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Drug Misuses and Its Impact on Law Enforcement

Synthesis and Biological Significance of Some 2-Azetidinone Derivatives

A new series of N-[2-(1H-1,2,3-benzotriazol-1-yl)ethyl]-4-(substitutedphenyl)-3-chloro-2-oxo-1-iminoazetidine, compounds 4(a-j) were synthesized. The structures of all the synthesized compounds were confirmed by chemical and spectral analyses such as IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and FAB-Mass. The compounds 4(a-j) were screened for their antibacterial, antifungal and antitubercular activities and gave ac...