Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor? by Masood Fooladi

Asian Social Science

Volume 9, Issue 5, 27 April 2013, Pages 176-182

Does criticisms overcome the praises of journal impact factor?

Fooladi, M.^a , Salehi, H.^b, Md Yunus, M.^c, Farhadi, M.^a, Aghaei Chadegani, A.^a, Farhadi, H.^d, Ale Ebrahim, N.^e  

^a  Department of Accounting, Mobarakeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh, Isfahan, Iran
^b  Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran
^c  Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
^d  School of Psychology and Human Development, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
^e  Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya, Malaysia

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Abstract

Journal impact factor (IF) as a gauge of influence and impact of a particular journal comparing with other journals in the same area of research, reports the mean number of citations to the published articles in particular journal. Although, IF attracts more attention and being used more frequently than other measures, it has been subjected to criticisms, which overcome the advantages of IF. Critically, extensive use of IF may result in destroying editorial and researchers' behaviour, which could compromise the quality of scientific articles. Therefore, it is the time of the timeliness and importance of a new invention of journal ranking techniques beyond the journal impact factor.

Author keywords

Criticism; Impact factor (IF); Journal ranking; Praise; Scopus; Self-citation; Web of science

ISSN: 19112017Source Type: Journal Original language: English

DOI: 10.5539/ass.v9n5p176Document Type: Article

Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor? by Masood Fooladi, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Maryam Farhadi, Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Farhadi, Nader Ale Ebrahim :: SSRN