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| Title: | Journal impact factor : a valid symbol of journal quality? | Authors: | Law, R Leung, D |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Source: | Tourism economics, 2020, v. 26, no. 5, p. 734-742 | Abstract: | As the citation frequency of a journal is a representation of how many people have read and acknowledged their works, academia generally shares the notion that impact factor and citation data signify the quality and importance of a journal to the discipline. Although this notion is well-entrenched, is it reasonable to deduce that a journal is not of good quality due to its lower impact factor? Do journal impact factors truly symbolize the quality of a journal? What must be noted when we interpret journal impact factors? This commentary article discusses these questions and their answers thoroughly. | Keywords: | Citations Journal impact factor Journal quality |
Publisher: | IP Publishing Ltd | Journal: | Tourism economics | ISSN: | 1354-8166 | EISSN: | 2044-0375 | DOI: | 10.1177/1354816619845590 | Rights: | This is the accepted version of the publication Law R, Leung D. Journal impact factor: A valid symbol of journal quality? Tourism Economics. 2020;26(5):734-742 Copyright © 2019 (The Author(s)). DOI: 10.1177/1354816619845590 |
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