Information on Impact Factor
At this time the library does not have a subscription to the tool called Journal Citation Reports developed by ISI that calculates the impact factor. Below I have listed some resourse about the impact factor as well as some other tools that are similar to ISI's impact factor. In addition, some publisher post the impact factor for journals on their websites which is another way that you can access those numbers.
- Thomson Reuters Impact FactorArticle that gives the definition of the impact factor as well as cautions in use.
- The Agony and the Ecstasy: the history and the meaning of the Journal Impact FactorLinks to a presentation.
- Using and misusing the impact factorLinks to an interview with David Tempest, Elsevier.
- The Question of TQ’s low impact factorBlog post on TQ's impact factor by SURESH CANAGARAJAH on August 17, 2008.
- Quality Analysis of Journals in TESOL and Applied LinguisticsEgbert, J. (2007), Quality analysis of journals in TESOL and Applied Linguistics. TESOL Quarterly, 41: 157–171. doi: 10.1002/j.1545-7249.2007.tb00044.x
Other options websites that identify journal rank
- SCImago Journal & Country Rank"The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.). These indicators can be used to assess and analyze scientific domains."
- ResearchGate"ResearchGate literature search gives you access to publication metadata of more than 35,000,000 documents". Impact factor is listed for some journals.
- Eigenfactor ProjectThis tool ranks journals using both the Eigenfactor index and an "article influence" index (similar to the "impact factor").
Examples of Impact Factor on Publisher Websites
Some publishers post the impact factor on their websites.
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