1.0Enago Academyhttps://www.enago.com/academyEnago Academyhttps://www.enago.com/academy/author/editor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jCCAFWLBly"><a href="https://www.enago.com/academy/goodbye-impact-factor-welcome-top-factor/">Goodbye Impact Factor – Welcome TOP Factor!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.enago.com/academy/goodbye-impact-factor-welcome-top-factor/embed/#?secret=jCCAFWLBly" width="600" height="338" title="“Goodbye Impact Factor – Welcome TOP Factor!” — Enago Academy" data-secret="jCCAFWLBly" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.enago.com/academy/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/TOP-Factor.jpg750430Research metrics including the journal impact factor (JIF) are popular for ranking the quality of journals, however, it has subject to abuse and manipulation by journal editors. The TOP Factor aims to solve this by being transparent and reproducible.