AUTHOR=van Leeuwen Thed N. , Wouters Paul F. TITLE=Analysis of Publications on Journal Impact Factor Over Time JOURNAL=Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics VOLUME=2 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/research-metrics-and-analytics/articles/10.3389/frma.2017.00004 DOI=10.3389/frma.2017.00004 ISSN=2504-0537 ABSTRACT=

In this article, we present the results of an analysis that describes the research centered on Journal Impact Factors (JIFs). The purpose of the analysis is to make a start of studying part of the field of quantitative science studies that relates to the most famous and classic bibliometric indicator around and to see what characteristics apply to the research on JIFs. In this article, we start with a general description of the research, from the perspective of the journals used, the fields in which research on JIFs appeared, and the countries that contributed to the research on JIF. Finally, the article presents a first attempt to describe the coherence of the field, which will form the basis for next steps in this line of research on JIFs.