What is a Journal Impact Factor? Where can I find them?
Answer
In general, journal impact metrics reflect article citation counts over a specified time period. They can provide some indication of a journal’s influence and reach relative to other journals.
Tools for finding journal impact metrics include:
- Journal Citation Reports provides Journal Impact Factors based on Web of Science citation data.
- Scopus Sources provides CiteScores based on Scopus database citation data.
- Google Scholar Metrics provides journal-level h-index type metrics based on Google Scholar “Cited By” data.
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