Chen, Kuan-Ming; Jen, Tsung-Hau; Wu, Margaret - In: Journal of Informetrics 8 (2014) 1, pp. 181-196
The journal impact factor (JIF) reported in journal citation reports has been used to represent the influence and prestige of a journal. Whereas the consideration of the stochastic nature of a statistic is a prerequisite for statistical inference, the estimation of JIF uncertainty is necessary...