Scientific journals and research papers are evaluated by a metric known as their "impact factor," which is based on how many times a given paper is cited by other papers. However, a new study from MIT and other institutions suggests that this measure does not accurately capture the impact of medical papers on health outcomes for all patients, particularly those in low- or middle-income countries. To more fully capture a paper's impact on health, metrics should take into account the demographics of the researchers who performed the studies and the patients who participated in them, the research team says.

https://www.miragenews.com/new-way-to-evaluate-impact-of-medical-research-1065277/

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