W Sawicki 1
1. Zakład Histologii i Embriologii, Instytutu Biostruktury, Akademii Medycznejw Warszawie.
Published:
GICID: 01.3001.0000.3177
Available language versions: en pl
Issue: Postepy Hig Med Dosw 1998; 52 (3)
Abstract
Productivity and effectiveness of research are defined and their indicators discussed. Particularly, citation index (CI) and impact factor (IF) as the measures of research quality are analysed. Citation index despite its drawbacks and pitfalls is the best, among applying at present, measure of research quality. Impact factor due to its severe drawbacks is not recommended as a measure of research quality, particularly for the matching. The mixture of criteria excluding IF are propose to evaluate research quality.