Science Policy: when bibliometrics replace judgement - a caution on impact factors

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PNAS cautions on in the unintended effect of impact factors and what happens when indicators replace judgement: an indicator developed for librarians that has had huge and unintended influence on the intellectual economy of science. Marder, E, Kettenmann, H & Grillner S (2010) Impacting our young PNAS 107 (50) 21233; doi:10.1073/pnas.1016516107 

Themes: 
Science policy
bibliometrics
impact factor

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