TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The impact factor, total citations, and better citation mouse traps: A commentary
JO  - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
A1  - Bensman, Stephen J.
SP  - 1904
EP  - 1908
VL  - 58
IS  - 12
N2  - This communication comments upon the article “Measuring the Utility of Journals in the Crime-Psychology Field: Beyond the Impact Factor” by Walters (2006), recently published in JASIST. Walters' article is utilized as a vehicle to demonstrate certain misconceptions and incorrect value judgments common to the literature on the impact factor, arising from a lack of understanding of this measure's role in the thought structure of its creator, Eugene Garfield, as well as of his utilization of this measure.<p /> 
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SN  - 1532-2882
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.20662
ID  - ref1
ER  -