TY - JOUR T1 - Factoring in an impact JF - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy: Science and Practice JO - Eur J Hosp Pharm SP - 145 LP - 145 DO - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2013-000317 VL - 20 IS - 3 AU - Phil Wiffen Y1 - 2013/06/01 UR - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/20/3/145.abstract N2 - I recently met with a group of senior hospital clinical pharmacists to encourage them to publish and mentor others to do the same. Quite early on, the discussion turned to impact factors (IFs) from this knowledgeable group. Some 10 years or so ago I suspect that most hospital pharmacists didn't know about such things. Partly due to the evaluation of academia and linked to funding streams, this issue is now important. That source of useful knowledge ‘Wikipedia’1 helpfully describes an IF as:In a given year, the impact factor of a journal is the average number of citations received per paper published in that journal during the two preceding years. For example, if a journal has an impact factor of 3 … Correspondence to Professor Phil Wiffen, Pain Research Unit, Churchill Hospital, Old Rd, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK; phil.wiffen{at}ndcn.ox.ac.uk ER -