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“The argument from authority tries to justify a conclusion by pointing out that some expert or authority endorses the conclusion. […] “My parents say that Santa Claus exists. Therefore Santa Claus exists” or “My peers say that clothing item x is great. Therefore clothing item x is great.” In the case of the JIF, a high impact factor of a journal would play the role of an authority for the quality of the papers within it.”

Paulus et al., 2018 – The impact factory fallacy

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2020Meta-Science (Implications)

The c-index as a measure of a scientist’s efficiency and assertiveness

Abstract The Cuckoo-index (c-index) is a new index that attempts to measure both the effectivity and the savviness of a scientist. The index is based …

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2018Meta-Science (Implications)

The impact factor fallacy

Abstract The use of the journal impact factor (JIF) as a measure for the quality of individual manuscripts and the merits of scientists has faced …

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2017Clinical

Microstructural white matter changes and their relation to neuropsychological deficits in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Abstract Objective: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is the most common idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome. Neuropsychological, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging studies have led to the hypothesis that JME …

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