Appendix 1: The Journal Selection Process

For a discussion of the limitations of the impact factor, see Linde (1998), Nisonger (1994), and Starbuck (1997). The tables below report the impact factor and rank based on impact factor for the top x journals in each discipline, where x is the number of target journals. Blanks indicate that the impact factor was not calculated for that journal. ................
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