Prestigious Science Journals Rapidly Declining In Influence


'The most prestigious peer-reviewed journals in the world are having less influence amongst scientists, according to a paper co-authored by Vincent Lariviere, a professor at the University of Montreal’s School of Library and Information Sciences.

Lariviere questions the relationship between journal “impact factor” and number of citations subsequently received by papers.

Medical journals can no longer be trusted to provide accurate, unbiased information about biomedicine since funding is almost entirely funded by drug companies. And it's showing.'


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