The History and Meaning of the Journal Impact Factor

  • Garfield, Eugene PhD

  • Chairman Emeritus, Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia, Pa.

Corresponding Author: Eugene Garfield, PhD, Thomson Scientific, 3501 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ([email protected]).

Financial Disclosures: Dr Garfield owns stock in, and occasionally has reviewed per diem payment from, Thomson Scientific.

Previous Presentations: Presented in part at the 2000 Council of Science Editors Annual Meeting; May 6–9, 2000; San Antonio, Tex; and at the Fifth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication; September 16–18, 2005; Chicago, Ill.

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 295(1):p 90-93, January 4, 2006.
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