Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:
 Michael McAleer
Author-Workplace-Name:
 Department of Quantitative Finance National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan and Econometric Institute Erasmus School of 
	Economics Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Quantitative Economics Complutense University of 
	Madrid, Spain And Institute of Advanced Sciences Yokohama National University, Japan.
Author-Name: Judit Oláh
Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics and Business Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics University of Debrecen, Hungar.

Author-Name: József Popp
Author-Workplace-Name:
 Faculty of Economics and Business Institute of Sectoral Economics and Methodology University of Debrecen, Hungary.

Title: Pros and cons of the impact factor in a rapidly changing digital world
Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to present arguments for and against the use of the Impact Factor (IF) in a rapidly changing digital world. The paper 
	discusses the calculation of IF, as well as the pros and cons of IF. Editorial policies that affect IF are examined, and the merits of open access 
	online publishing are presented. Scientific quality and the IF dilemma are analysed, and alternative measures of impact and quality are evaluated. The 
	San Francisco declaration on research assessment is also discussed.
Classification-JEL: O34, O31, D02.
Keywords: Impact Factor, Quality of research, Pros and Cons, Implications, Digital world, Editorial policies, Open access online publishing, SCIE, SSCI.
Length: 36 pages 
Creation-Date: 2018-01
Number: 2018-06
X-File-Ref: http://america.sim.ucm.es/repec/ucm/ref/doicae1806.txt
File-URL: https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/46456/1/1806.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:ucm:doicae:1806