Journal Impact factors
Hi All,
We publish so many articles in so many journals. Usually number of publications is considered as the criteria about the research experience in academics. However, what plays more role is the quality of journal which is determined by Impact factor.
You must have heard about Impact Factor of a journal. What it is?
Wikipedia defines "The impact factor (IF)" of an academic journal is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed to be more important than those with lower ones. The impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information. Impact factors are calculated yearly starting from 1975 for those journals that are indexed in the Journal Citation Reports.
The Impact factor of any journal is available online and can be accessed at:
So, next time before sending an article for publication, check out the impact factor of the journal.
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