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The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as indexed by Clarivate's Web of Science.
This calculator streamlines the process of determining a journal's Impact Factor, offering valuable insights to publishers, researchers, and academics into the journal's relative importance and influence in the scholarly community.
What is Impact Factor? Impact Factor is a widely accepted method of evaluating the performance of academic journals. It measures the average number of citations per published paper received in a journal. To calculate the impact factor, the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports are used.
To calculate the impact factor: Find the sum of the number of articles published by the journal in the last two years. Divide the number of citations by the sum obtained in the last step. The resultant is the impact factor of the journal.
The impact factor (IF) is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. It is used to measure the importance or rank of a journal by calculating the times its articles are cited.
Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is calculated by Clarivate Analytics as the average of the sum of the citations received in a given year to a journal’s previous two years of publications (linked to the journal, but not necessarily to specific publications) divided by the sum of “citable” publications in the previous two years.
The Journal Impact Factor identifies the frequency with which an average article from a journal is cited in a particular year. You can use this number to evaluate or compare a journal’s relative importance to others in the same field or see how frequently articles are cited to determine which journals may be better for your collection.