Archives-February 2014

The aim of this paper is to examine the validity of impact factor as a metric for evaluation of scientific output of researchers, laboratories, departments and their institutions. The opinion that Impact Factor (IF) is an index that expresses the quality and scientific value of a given researcher/author; departments and their institutions is examined against the critical view point in clinical medicine. Sociological and statistical factors are also considered. Attempt is also made to elucidate on what citation exactly should count for quality in determination of values of IF. Citation frequency as a measure of journal's importance to its end users is considered to be a plausible theory in clinical medicine. Sociological and statistical factors are also seen to have effects on values of IF across subject areas. It is also found out that a count of citations to error in calculation of IF value does not reflect a true value of quality. Appropriate count that reflects quality should be used to compute IF values. Many previous critiques have developed to undermine the use of IF as a metric for evaluation of scientific output of researchers/authors. This article forms the first attempt to identify that all citations to an article do not necessarily count for quality. In this context, the article is original and of great potentials.

We are very happy to announce that from 3rd February 2014, Dr.P.S.Ravindra has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Finance & Accounting. Dr.P.S.Ravindra is currently working as Professor & HOD, Department of Management Studies, Miracle Educational Society Group of Institutions, Miracle City, Bhogapuram, Vizianagaram. The appointment of Dr.P.S.Ravindra as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 6th February 2014, Prof. Zahid Mahmood has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Marketing, Management and Finance. Prof. Zahid Mahmood is currently working as Professor of Department of Management Science, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan. The appointment of Prof. Zahid Mahmood as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 8th February 2014, Dr.Vahid Parvaneh has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Fixed Point Theory and Geometry of Banach Spaces. Dr.Vahid Parvaneh is currently working as Faculty Member, Department of Mathematics, Gilan-E-Gharb Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gilan-E-Gharb, Kermanshah, Iran. The appointment of Dr.Vahid Parvaneh as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 25th February 2014, Mr.Ashish Anandrao Jadhav has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Micro Sensors and Micro Actuators Mobile Computing. Mr.Ashish Anandrao Jadhav is currently working as Lecturer, Department of E&TC, Shree Vithal Education And Research Institute COEP, Pandharpur, India. The appointment of Mr.Ashish Anandrao Jadhav as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

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