This webinar will provide background to the recent release of the Impact factor reports and will take place on September 29, 2011.

Gavin Stewart of Wiley Blackwell, and Associate Editor of The Cochrane Library, has organized the session. Wiley will provide an overview of the bibliometric data and answer any queries regarding the calculation and interpretation of the impact factor and associated metrics.

The Nova Scotia Cochrane Resource Centre (5790 University Ave, 2nd floor of the Centre for Clinical Research) will provide space in room 217 to view the webinar on Thursday, September 29th at 2 pm. Please email Robin Parker (Robin.Parker@cdha.nshealth.ca) to register your interest so we can plan to have enough space. You can also email Gavin Stewart (gstewart@wiley.com) to gain access elsewhere if you are unable to join us onsite.

Several recent SIM alumni who work with the Nova Scotia Cochrane Resource Centre will be in attendance. Following the webinar, Jessica Babineau, Lara Killian, and Robin Parker would be happy to speak about working in health research on evidence syntheses.