The meaning of the Impact Factor

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Standards for the preparation and writing of Psychology review articles (2009, background): “In addition, it is important not to confuse bibliographical databases with those that classify a lesser number of journals based on how often they are referenced (Garfield, 2003).”
Over-optimization of academic publishing metrics: observing Goodhart’s Law in action (2018, methodology): “Over time, the measure has been used to “evaluate institutions, scientiﬁc research, entire journals, and individual articles” [35].”