Abstract

CANEDO ANDALIA, Rubén; NODARSE RODRIGUEZ, Mario; GUERRERO PUPO, Julio C  and  RAMOS OCHOA, Raúl E. Some Some necessary considerations on the use of the impact factor as a tool of scientific evaluation. ACIMED [online]. 2005, vol.13, n.5, pp. 1-1. ISSN 1024-9435.

In order to determine the use of the impact factor as a tool of academic evaluation, both of literature and specialists, the importance of the bibliographical references in the scientific work, some factors that influence in the citation indices of articles, as well as the factor of impact, its main limitations and its use in the evaluation of the academic work are studied. Finally, some advices are given to obtain a visible publication.

Keywords : Bibliographic citations; citation index; impact factor; academic evaluation.

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