Letter

Impact factors

The dark side

BMJ 2007; 334 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39169.894398.1F (Published 5 April 2007)
Cite this as: BMJ 2007;334:710.4

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  1. Helen E J Miller, consultant psychiatrist, National Deaf Service (helen.miller@swlstg-tr.nhs.uk)
  1. London SW12 9HW

    Martyn's tongue in cheek advice to the new editor of a prestigious—if fictional—journal is to raise the impact factor by various measures including “resist[ing] any sympathy when a paper is submitted on an unfashionable condition such as deafness.”1 As a psychiatrist working with deaf …

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