Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Health Information Management 1735-7853 5 2 2008 09 22 Impact Factor: One Head and Myriad Pains Impact Factor: One Head and Myriad Pains 10939 FA Farhad Shokranehnanehkaran MSc Student, Medical Librarianship and Information Science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hafez Mohammadhassnzadehesfanjani MSc Student, Medical Librarianship and Information Science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2011 03 07 Huge quantity and indescribable quality are common problems in medical journals selection. It seems that quality measuring criteria for journals could solve this problem to some extent. A certain journal's Impact Factor (IF) as most well-known scientometric tool is used by authors in selection of a journal to submit paper and it also librarians utilize journals choosing to library subscription. Nowadays this tool has challenged by pros and cons viewpoints. Keywords: Citation; Periodicals; Evaluation; Institute for Scientific Information-Impact Factor (ISI-IF) Huge quantity and indescribable quality are common problems in medical journals selection. It seems that quality measuring criteria for journals could solve this problem to some extent. A certain journal's Impact Factor (IF) as most well-known scientometric tool is used by authors in selection of a journal to submit paper and it also librarians utilize journals choosing to library subscription. Nowadays this tool has challenged by pros and cons viewpoints. Keywords: Citation; Periodicals; Evaluation; Institute for Scientific Information-Impact Factor (ISI-IF) https://him.mui.ac.ir/article_10939_5a6784110c57bc99ce3532e4209a81e6.pdf