Impact factor, H index, peer comparisons, and Retrovirology: is it time to individualize citation metrics?

Impact factor, H index, peer comparisons, and Retrovirology: is it time to individualize citation metrics?

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Abstract There is a natural tendency to judge a gift by the attractiveness of its wrapping.In some respect, this reflects current mores of measuring the gravitas of a scientific paper based on the journal cover in which boot the work appears.Most journals have an impact factor (IF) which some proudly display SPROUTED PROTEIN VANILLA on their face page.Although historically journal IF has been a convenient quantitative shorthand, has its (mis)use contributed to inaccurate perceptions of the quality of scientific articles? Is now the time that equally convenient but more individually accurate metrics be adopted?.