Impact factor: Does it really have an impact?

Impact factor: does it have an impact?

Editor, The journal’s impact factor is at present, considered a yard stick for measuring the relative quality and significance of a journal. It is defined as the frequency with which the ‘average article’ in a journal has been cited in a particular year or period. For a given year, this is calculated as the total number of citations received in that year to articles published in the previous tw...

Does the impact factor have too much impact?

Maternal obesity: how big an impact does it have on offspring prenatally and during postnatal life?

Department of Animal Science, Center for the Study of Fetal Programming, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +1 307 766 2709 Fax: +1 307 766 2355 [email protected] Obesity is increasing at an epidemic rate in women of reproductive age. Not only does obesity during pregnancy lead to increased maternal health concerns, it is also linked to an increase in ...

Radiotherapy in parotid acinic cell carcinoma: does it have an impact on survival?

OBJECTIVE Acinic (or acinar) cell carcinoma (ACC) represents approximately 10% of salivary gland malignant tumors and most commonly occurs in the parotid gland. It carries a propensity for locoregional and distant metastasis. Although it is selectively used as an adjuvant in this tumor, radiotherapy (RT) has not been sufficiently examined in large population studies for survival impact. DESIG...

Long-term mechanical circulatory support: could it really have a public health impact?

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in North America and Europe, and heart failure represents a major component, affecting about 2.5% of the adult population [1, 2]. Ten percent of the heart-failure population experiences truly advanced heart failure, with limited long-term survival. For patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class IV heartfailure symptoms poorly respons...