Journals / Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) It is a measure of frequency of times a article in a journal is cited in a particular year. It is used to measure rank / importance of a journal.
Other Names Journal impact factor (JIF)
impact factor (IF) It is a scientometric index calculated
calculated by Clarivate's Web of Science
Scale High impact factor 1(low) to 10 (high)
Good for journal High impact factor Value


Impact factor (IF) Calculation Details
Impact factor (IF) Formula Impact Factor= No of papers cited in the previous 2 years / No of citable publications in the journal in the previous 2 years


Different types of Citation metrics

Metrics Details
h-index It is an author-level metric that measures both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar.
g-index It is an author-level metric suggested by Leo Egghe used to measure the global citation performance of a set of articles ranked in decreasing order of the number of citations that they received, the g-index is the unique largest number such that the top g articles received together at least g2 citations.
Eigenfactor score It measures the number of times articles from the journal published in the past five years have been cited in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) year. Eigenfactor Score= Ratio of number of citations / total number of articles.
Altmetric / alternative metrics It references traditional measurements of academic success such as citation counts, journal prestige (impact factor), and author H-index. Altmetrics are meant to compliment, not totally replace, these traditional measures


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