Counting on citations: a flawed way to measure quality

2003168 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Sidney Bloch · Victorian Aboriginal Health Service

Abstract

The journal Impact Factor and citation counts are misconstrued and misused as measures of scientific quality. Articles must be read in order to judge their quality. We have introduced a system, which may be easily replicated, to identify the best articles published in a journal.

Topics & Keywords

scientometrics and bibliometrics research Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Health Sciences Research and Education

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: The Medical Journal of Australia

Volume 178, Issue 6, pp. 280-281

DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05196.x

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 18.41