And how do their records of
scholarly impact measure up against those of past greats such as Karl Marx among historians and economists, or Sigmund Freud among psychologists?
Not exact matches
Citations also play a role in determining a journal's place in the
scholarly pecking order, with journals that publish more highly cited papers earning a higher «
impact factor» (although many critics challenge that
measure).
Although I thought the article was going to be about ways to overcome information overload, it quickly shifted to an analysis of
scholarly research and the metrics used to
measure it, such as the
impact factor (IF).