Size matters! Association between journal size and longitudinal variability of the Journal Impact Factor

• Dorothea Koelblinger ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dorothea Koelblinger, Georg Zimmermann, Silke B. Weineck, Tobias Kiesslich

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Office, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

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• Georg Zimmermann ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dorothea Koelblinger, Georg Zimmermann, Silke B. Weineck, Tobias Kiesslich

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: georg.zimmermann@pmu.ac.at

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Medical Centre, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, Department of Mathematics, Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8282-1034

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• Silke B. Weineck ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dorothea Koelblinger, Georg Zimmermann, Silke B. Weineck, Tobias Kiesslich

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Department of Human Resources Development & Opportunities, Munich, Germany

  Affiliation Research Office, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

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• Tobias Kiesslich

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dorothea Koelblinger, Georg Zimmermann, Silke B. Weineck, Tobias Kiesslich

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, Department of Internal Medicine I, Paracelsus Medical University / Salzburger Landeskliniken, Salzburg, Austria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5403-9478

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