Bornmann (2017) suggests calculating confidence intervals (CIs) for Journal Impact Factors (IFs) by using a simplistic approximation of citation distributions to the Poisson distribution. We empirically demonstrate that his recommendation for obtaining CIs seems appropriate for low, but not for high impact journals.

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引用分布近似于泊松分布

Bornmann (2017) 建议通过使用对泊松分布的引用分布的简单近似来计算期刊影响因子 (IF) 的置信区间 (CI)。我们凭经验证明，他对获得 CI 的建议似乎适用于低影响力期刊，但不适用于高影响力期刊。