title: The Impact Factor: its popularity and impacts, and the need to preserve the scientific knowledge generation process.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Comunicações e Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Email: rogério.mugnaini@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rogério
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mugnaini
mesh_terms: D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D019359:Knowledge; D011643:Publishing; D012586:Science