De impactfactor
Example: De impactfactor van het tijdschrift bepaalt de kwaliteit van het onderzoek.
Definition
"Impactfactor" refers to a metric used to measure the importance or influence of a scientific journal, often based on the average number of citations received by articles published in that journal. It helps determine the quality and prestige of research published within it.
Etymology
The word "impactfactor" combines the English word 'impact,' meaning a strong effect or influence, and 'factor,' meaning an element or component. Its use in Dutch scientific contexts reflects the adoption of this international term to describe a journal's citation influence.
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"De impactfactor" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - Research - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 108 commonly used words.
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