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Bibliometrics: Measuring Impact: Journal Impact Factor

Journal Article-level Metrics

Databases such as ScopusWeb of Science and Google Scholar provide citation counts for individual articles.

Journal Level Metrics

Journal-level metrics aim to measure the influence of a journal. There are many journal-level metrics based on different methods of calculation and datasets (see Journal Ranking Indicies box).

World of caution: Be aware of fake impact factors such as Global Impact Factor (GIF), Citefactor and Universal Impact Factor (UIF). These are invented by fake companies for predatory journals that charge a fee for publishing without providing legitimate peer review process.  

Journal Citation Report (JCR)

 

The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Database is used to find journal impact factor.

More Information on Journal Impact Factor

Clarivate Analysis Impact Factor and

Scopus Research Metrics  (for Scopus CiteScore, SJR or SNIP)