Small research groups tend to beat large collaborations when it comes to producing innovative projects and breakthrough discoveries.

Papers published in low-impact journals are not necessarily low-quality scientific contributions.

Eugene Garfield, founder of the Institute for Scientific Information and The Scientist, has passed away at age 91.

A look back at the contributions of The Scientist’s founder, scientometrics pioneer Eugene Garfield (1925–2017)

“CiteScore,” which ranks twice as many journals compared with publications assigned impact factors, makes its debut during a contentious time for journal metrics.

A combination of the traditional metric and the newer h5 index potentiates the scientific community toward more-balanced evaluation. 

Could the Relative Citation Ratio replace the oft maligned journal impact factor?

A team of editors and researchers calls on journal publishers to use citation distributions as measures of publication quality rather than relying on much-derided impact factors.

February 2016's selection of notable quotes