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The Impact Factor: time for change.

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The Impact Factor (IF) is a flawed metric for scientific quality due to conceptual and technical issues. Researchers should abandon the IF and explore alternative peer-review-based methods for evaluating scholarly work.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatric research
  • Bibliometrics
  • Scholarly communication

Background:

  • The Impact Factor (IF) is widely used but lacks scrutiny in psychiatric literature.
  • Evidence suggests the IF is misapplied and its influence is expanding.
  • Concerns exist regarding the IF's validity and potential for misuse.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the validity of the IF as a measure of scientific worth in psychiatry.
  • To explore alternative methods for appraising the quality of published scientific papers.
  • To address the misapplication and limitations of the IF in academic contexts.

Main Methods:

  • Exploration of medical databases and relevant websites.
  • Consultation with acknowledged experts in bibliometrics and psychiatric research.

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  • Critical analysis of the conceptual and technical underpinnings of the IF.

    • Main Results:

    • The IF possesses irremediable conceptual and technical flaws, rendering it an unreliable measure.
    • The assumption that citations equate to article quality is questionable.
    • The IF is vulnerable to misuse in academic promotion and grant assessment.

    Conclusions:

    • The IF and all derived metrics should be abandoned due to inherent limitations.
    • A return to fundamental principles of peer review is necessary for evaluating published work.
    • Proposes an alternative system of peer-judged annual short-lists of significant papers, potentially aggregated across journals.