- Describe what is an impact factor (also known as an impact rating)? Why is an impact factor import in academia?
- How exactly is the impact factor of a scientific journal determined?
- Name all the Nobel prize winners in chemistry for the last two years with the year they each won and the work they won the award for. To do this look at the website to determine the work that made them receive the Noble Prize (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/ ).
- Find the journal each Nobel prize winner published their groundbreaking work in. To do this look at the website to determine the work that made them receive the Noble Prize (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/ ) and then do a web of science (or other) search to determine the articles that had the groundbreaking work and then what journal these articles were published in. Write down the reference you think contains the groundbreaking work and list the number of citations the article received. Also write down the journal that each winner published in. You need to do this for each Nobel prize winner. If one of the references contains two of the individuals you can use that reference. If a prize were shared, you are allowed to report on just one of the recipients.
- Determine the impact factor/rating for each journal you found for question #4.
- Choose a USF chemistry faculty member, one that you have not chosen before. a. Using web of science or SciFinder, find a journal article they wrote. List the faculty member, the journal article (using proper citation format), and the method you used to find the article. b.Using web of science or SciFinder, write the number of citations for this article (i.e. the number of times this publication has been referenced). c. Using web of science or SciFinder, find the article they wrote with the highest number of citations and list the reference below, noting the number of citations.
- Using Web of Science or SciFinder, find the number of publications for the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida in the last two years. a. Write down the number of publications and describe in at least a sentence how you arrived at this number. b. Which journal article from the publication list for the USF Department of Chemistry in for last year has the highest number of citations? Below write the reference and the number of citations
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