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Comment on Bornmann (2017): confidence intervals for journal impact factors

Stern, David

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In this Letter to the Editor I comment on a recent Letter from Lutz Bornmann. I argue that the Poisson distribution is not an appropriate simplifying assumption to make when computing confidence intervals for journal impact factors.

CollectionsANU Research Publications
Date published: 2017
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/233783
Source: Scientometrics
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2507-7

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