title: Impact factors: arbiter of excellence?
authors.affiliation: American Physiological Society, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3991, USA. mfrank@the-aps.org
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D016243:Library Collection Development / Q000592:standards; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards; D012922:Social Change