Journal Ranking: Journal Ranking

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Journal Impact Factor

Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is an index that allow to compare journals using citation data. The IF identifies the frequency with which an average article from a journal is cited in a particular year. The numerator looks at citations in a particular year to a journal's previous two years of content. 

For example:

IF 2019 =    Citation in 2019 ti items published in 2017+2018                                                                                                                                             Number of citable items in 2017+2018

The data of the IF is based on the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database, a sourced from Web of Science (WOS) database. JCR enables you to identify journals with high impact factors, understand the ranking of journals within a subject category.

Should be taken into consideration:

• The index does not examine the effect of the individual article
• The division into high and low IF indicates the dynamics of quotes in a particular research area
• The IF is calculated based on quotes from the previous two years

Other metrics based on citations in other databases:

• Scopus
• Google Metrics
• SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Journal Quartiles (Q)

A journal's quartile ranking is determined by comparing a journal to others in its category. The categories are ranked by number of journals available in each category, If a journal falls in Q1, it means that the journal performs better than at least 75% of journals in that category, based on its Impact factor score. 

Should be taken into consideration:

• The index is only relevant for one year and in a particular research category
• The value of the quarters of the journal varies from database to database

More information about Journal's published around the world you can find in the database ULRICH'S