Journal Impact Factor

Google has released its 2024 Scholar Metrics, assessing scholarly articles from 2019 to 2023. This edition includes citations from all articles indexed in Google Scholar as of July…

The impact factor has been the gold standard metric for evaluating the relative importance and influence of academic journals. Calculated by taking the number of citations to a…

Publishing a manuscript can be a rewarding yet challenging endeavor. From enunciating research in the manuscript to selecting the right journal, researchers come a long way to get…

How difficult does it get for you to select a journal? What if you were told that identifying world’s leading journals was easier now? Surreal is it? —Not anymore! With the…

In academic publishing, metrics measure the impact of a journal or published research. For example, counting the number of times a published article is cited in other research is a…

Have you recently published your work in a high-impact-factor journal? If yes, then congratulations! It is a huge accomplishment and also a cause for celebration. Clarivate…

Image credits: Vmenkov via Wikimedia Commons Researchers consider a variety of factors when choosing a journal for publication. However, many often make the mistake of choosing an…

The journal impact factor, initially conceived by Dr. Eugene Garfield as a way to measure the quality of scholarly journals, has frequently been misused. Impact factors are used as…

Dr. Eugene Garfield passed away recently. He was a pioneer of scientometrics who established the Institute for Scientific Information which published the Science Citation Index,…

In the industry we’re a part of, the term impact factor (IF) and its value plays a pivotal role and an understanding of it is essential. While most of us are aware of how important…

For many frustrated researchers, the academic publishing industry continues to move at a glacial pace. The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Journal Impact Factor (JIF)…