title: The journal impact factor in the evaluation of research quality: villain, scapegoat or innocent bystander?
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwahlen
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Junker
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egger
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010380:Peer Review; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics; D011786:Quality Control; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom