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ScienceAsia 33 Supplement 1 (2007): 045-046 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2007.33(s1).045

The Impact of Impact Factors on Mathematics


Yongwimon Lenbury*

 
ABSTRACT: Concerns of the mathematicians regarding the use, or misuse, of the journal impact factors (JIF) are discussed here. It is contended that the JIF does not permit assessment of the quality of an individual article or author.

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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.

* Corresponding author, E-mail: scylb@mahidol.ac.th