TY - JOUR AU - Lopez-Abente, Gonzalo AU - Muñoz-Tinoco, Concha PY - 2005 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-5-24 SN - 1471-2458 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7077 AB - BACKGROUND: Journal impact factor (IF) is linked to the probability of a paper being cited and is progressively becoming incorporated into researchers' curricula vitae. Furthermore, the decision as to which journal a given study should be submitted,... LA - eng PB - BioMed Central (BMC) KW - Databases, Bibliographic KW - Decision Making KW - Humans KW - Models, Statistical KW - Periodicals as Topic KW - Publishing KW - Research KW - Time Factors KW - Bibliometrics KW - Public Health TI - Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals TY - journal article ER -