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Rank normalization of impact factors will resolve Vanclay's dilemma with TRIF Comments on the paper by Jerome Vanclay

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SCIENTOMETRICS
Volume 92, Issue 2, Pages 409-412

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0634-8

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Impact factor; JCR; Rank-normalized impact factor

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The ThomsonReuters impact factor is a viable, widely used and informative measure of journal visibility and frequency of use. It is accurate, transparent and easy to use. It is a live and evolving system, that can broaden its scope and implement new features and methods. Some of Vanclay's suggestions, like wider use of order statistics, or our suggestion of rank normalization might be implemented by JCR in the future.

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