Letters
Impact factors
The dark side
BMJ 2007; 334 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39169.894398.1F (Published 05 April 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;334:710
- Helen E J Miller, consultant psychiatrist, National Deaf Service (helen.miller@swlstg-tr.nhs.uk)
- 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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