Shrestha Badri Man
Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, S5 7AU, UK.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2019 Jan 28;16(41):475-478.
Impact factor, which is a measure of the frequency of citation of articles published in a journal over a specified time, measures the rank or importance of a journal. There is a trend towards publication of high quality research in journals with high impact factor. This paper has outlined the importance, method of calculation, clinical implications, pitfalls and financial issues related to the impact factor of medical journals.
影响因子是衡量某一期刊在特定时间内发表文章被引用频率的指标，它衡量了一本期刊的排名或重要性。在高影响因子期刊上发表高质量研究有增加的趋势。本文概述了与医学期刊影响因子相关的重要性、计算方法、临床意义、缺陷及财务问题。
