Impact, not impact factor
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Impact, not impact factor.
When the English philosopher Herbert Spencer introduced the phrase “survival of the fittest” in 1864, he could not have imagined that it would summarize the plight of young scientists years later (1). As competition for coveted faculty appointments and research funding continues to intensify, today’s researchers face relentless pressure to publish in scientific journals with high impact factors...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1509912112