Hogan Robert
School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.
Emeritus, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, San Diego.
Perm J. 2019;23. doi: 10.7812/TPP/18.037. Epub 2019 Aug 22.
This editorial contains a discussion on the state of the art of biomedical publication and the history and development of indexing, its evolution, and complexity. A traditional method of journal assessment is in use-the journal impact factor-but it is compromised by well-documented deficiencies. Present-day alternatives to the journal impact factor are listed, and a proposal to develop a novel metric of merit in publication, the influence factor, is described.
这篇社论讨论了生物医学出版的现状以及索引的历史、发展、演变和复杂性。目前仍在使用传统的期刊评估方法——期刊影响因子,但它存在诸多有据可查的缺陷。文中列出了当今期刊影响因子的替代方法,并描述了一项开发新的出版绩效指标——影响力因子的提议。