The Impact Factor and How it Impacts You [From the Editor´s Desk]

The impact factor, and its usefulness as a way of ranking publications, is discussed. Universities and employers alike are jumping on the impact-factor bandwagon, using impact factor as a criterion for evaluating publications and as a tool for determining who receives salary increases, promotions, and higher degrees. The greater the impact factor of the journal or magazine in which you publish, the more credit you get.