[Comparative analysis of impact factor and h-index for pharmacology journals].
Using the strictly same parameters (identical two publication years (2004-2005) and identical one-year citation window (2006)), impact factor (IF) 2006 was compared with h-index 2006 for one sample of "pharmacology and pharmacy" journals computed from the ISI Web of Science. For this sample, the IF and the h-index rankings of the journals are very different. The correlation coefficient between the IF and the h-index is low for "pharmacology and pharmacy" journals. The IF and h-index can be completely complementary when evaluating journals of the same scientific discipline.
Bador
Pascal
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Université de Lyon 1, Equipe ELICO, ISPB, Faculté de Pharmacie, Lyon, France. pascal.bador@univ-lyon1.fr
Lafouge
Thierry
T
D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006801:Humans; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000592:standards*; D010604:Pharmacy / Q000592:standards*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards; D014116:Toxicology / Q000592:standards