%0 Journal Article %1 Bensman %A Bensman, Stephen J. %D 2007 %J Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology %K gelesen impact_factor %N 12 %P 1904 - 1908 %T The impact factor, total citations, and better citation mouse traps: A commentary %V 58 %X This communication comments upon the article Measuring the Utility of Journals in the Crime-Psychology Field: Beyond the Impact Factor by Walters (2006), recently published in JASIST. Walters' article is utilized as a vehicle to demonstrate certain misconceptions and incorrect value judgments common to the literature on the impact factor, arising from a lack of understanding of this measure's role in the thought structure of its creator, Eugene Garfield, as well as of his utilization of this measure.

@article{Bensman, abstract = {This communication comments upon the article Measuring the Utility of Journals in the Crime-Psychology Field: Beyond the Impact Factor by Walters (2006), recently published in JASIST. Walters' article is utilized as a vehicle to demonstrate certain misconceptions and incorrect value judgments common to the literature on the impact factor, arising from a lack of understanding of this measure's role in the thought structure of its creator, Eugene Garfield, as well as of his utilization of this measure.}, added-at = {2007-09-26T09:27:40.000+0200}, author = {Bensman, Stephen J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2bbf1428b6c145944bff27a9157d54346/wdees}, interhash = {c1f8b571684748b1116a6431700fd22d}, intrahash = {bbf1428b6c145944bff27a9157d54346}, journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology}, keywords = {gelesen impact_factor}, number = 12, pages = { 1904 - 1908}, timestamp = {2007-10-04T16:10:25.000+0200}, title = {The impact factor, total citations, and better citation mouse traps: A commentary}, volume = 58, year = 2007 }