title: The Journal Impact Factor Should Not Be Discarded.
authors.affiliation: Division for Science and Innovation Studies, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany. bornmann@gv.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0810-7091
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bornmann
authors.affiliation: A. V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexander I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Pudovkin
mesh_terms: D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research