More on Metric Pitfalls. (July 8, 2010)

This past June TFW summarised an extensive Nature assessment regarding "The Use and Misuse of Metrics in Evaluation". Today's issue of the journal publishes three "correspondence" in response.

Metrics: journal's impact factor skewed by a single paper.
    Jordan D. Dimitrov, Srini V. Kaveri & Jagadeesh Bayry

Metrics: don't dismiss journals with a low impact factor.
    Jay M. Fitzsimmons & Jeffrey H. Skevington

Metrics: include refereeing as part of performance rating.
    Pedro Cintas & Elena Paoletti