نوع مقاله : Letter to Editor
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
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)