Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations.

McKiernan EC, Schimanski LA, Muñoz Nieves C, Matthias L, Niles MT, Alperin JP.

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DOI: 10.7554/elife.47338
Published: 2019-07-31
Container: Elife
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BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.7554/elife.47338,
  title = {Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations.},
  author = {McKiernan EC and  Schimanski LA and  Muñoz Nieves C and  Matthias L and  Niles MT and  Alperin JP.},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Elife},
  doi = {10.7554/elife.47338},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.47338}
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations.
AU  - McKiernan EC
AU  -  Schimanski LA
AU  -  Muñoz Nieves C
AU  -  Matthias L
AU  -  Niles MT
AU  -  Alperin JP.
PY  - 2019
JO  - Elife
DO  - 10.7554/elife.47338
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.47338
ER  -

APA

EC, M., LA, S., C, M. N., L, M., MT, N., & JP., A. (2019). Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations.. Elife. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.47338

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