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Nature 439, 770-771 (16 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439770a; Published online 15 February 2006
Prestige is factored into journal ratings
Philip Ball
Journal rankings should measure quality, not just quantity, say researchers who are proposing a new way to assess the status of science publications. Whereas the commonly used impact factor simply measures the number of citations per paper, the researchers say their ranking scheme also measures the significance of those citations, giving a truer measure of a journal's standing in the community.
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