Editorial

The Impact of the Impact Factor

Anne Katz

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ONF 2012, 39(5), 427-427. DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.427

The weather was hot and sunny on the summer day when I checked my e-mail and saw the great news that the Oncology Nursing Forum (ONF) had received the highest-rated impact factor among nursing journals for 2011! Needless to say, my day suddenly got a whole lot sunnier. Actually, I think I did a little dance around the room before e-mailing the Publications team at the Oncology Nursing Society, telling my husband, and posting the great news on Facebook and Twitter. After that, I sat down to think about what it all meant.

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    References

    Thompson, D. R., & Clark, A. M. (2012). The five top bad reasons nurses don't publish in impactful journals. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68, 1675-1678.
    Thomson Reuters. (2012). 2011 journal citation reports. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/NlIf7r