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Larry Page on how to change the world

at Fortune Magazine. [via yc.news]

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Can journals game the impact factor system?

The Wall Street Journal has an article -- unfortunately behind their subscription paywall -- about how scientific journals appear to be attempting to game the impact factor system which claims to offer an unbiased rating of a journal's influence. The article describes John B. West's experience in…

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