Does Criticism 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

Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor?

Masood Fooladi

Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh Branch

Hadi Salehi

Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch

Melor Md Yunus

National University of Malaysia - Faculty of Education

Maryam Farhadi

National University of Malaysia - UKM

Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani

Islamic Azad University; University Kebangsaan Malaysia

Hadi Farhadi

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia-Research Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (EKONIS-UKM)

Nader Ale Ebrahim

University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering

April 27, 2013

Asian Social Science, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 176-182, April 2013.

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.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 7
Keywords: Impact factor (IF), Journal ranking, Criticism, Praise, SCOPUS, Web of science, Self-citation
JEL Classification: L1, L11, L7, M11, M12, M1, M54, Q1, O1, O3, Q31, Q32, P24, P42, P29, L17
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Date posted: April 28, 2013 ; Last revised: May 9, 2013

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Fooladi, Masood, Salehi, Hadi, Yunus, Melor Md, Farhadi, Maryam, Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo, Farhadi, Hadi and Ale Ebrahim, Nader, Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor? (April 27, 2013). Asian Social Science, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 176-182, April 2013.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2257552

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Masood Fooladi Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh Branch ( email ) Department of Accounting Mobarakeh Branch Mobarakeh, Isfahan Iran
Hadi Salehi Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch ( email ) Najafabad, Isfahan Iran
Melor Md Yunus National University of Malaysia - Faculty of Education 43600 Bandar Baru Bangi Bangi, MS Selangor 06010 Malaysia
Maryam Farhadi National University of Malaysia - UKM ( email ) Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor 43000 Malaysia
Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani Islamic Azad University ( email )
University Kebangsaan Malaysia ( email ) Malaysia
Hadi Farhadi Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia-Research Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (EKONIS-UKM) ( email ) Malaysia
Nader Ale Ebrahim (Contact Author) University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering ( email ) Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, University of Malaya, 50603 Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia

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