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There is a widespread impression that the scientific journal Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) has a smaller impact than some of the other major astronomical journals. This impression was supported — and probably created — by the Journal Citation Report (JCR), which is prepared annually by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Knowledge. The published poor impact factor of A&A was in fact wrong and was due to a serious flaw in the method used by ISI to determine it. The resulting damage inflicted upon A&A by the JCR is incalculable.
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Sandqvist, A.A. (2004). The A&A Experience with Impact Factors. In: Heck, A. (eds) Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 310. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2571-6_11
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