@article{glnzel2002journal, abstract = {The Impact Factor introduced by Eugene Garfield is a fundamental citation-based measure for significance and performance of scientific journals. It is perhaps the most popular bibliometric product used in bibliometrics itself, as well as outside the scientific community. First, a concise review of the background and history of the ISI impact factor and the basic ideas underlying it are given. A cross-citation matrix is used to visualise the construction of the Impact Factor and several related journal citation measures}, author = {Glänzel, Wolfgang and Moed, HenkF.}, doi = {10.1023/A:1014848323806}, interhash = {930264a70cc641cb966c63d261133b01}, intrahash = {b678d6d8afb32c212cf2a4c963ada75e}, issn = {0138-9130}, journal = {Scientometrics}, language = {English}, number = 2, pages = {171-193}, publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers}, title = {Journal impact measures in bibliometric research}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1014848323806}, volume = 53, year = 2002 }