journal and impact factor

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JOURNAL AND IMPACT
FACTOR

JOURNAL AND IMPACT FACTOR
WHAT IS JOURNAL
TYPES
JOURNAL EVAUATION TOOLS
IMPACT FACTOR
USE
JCR
CONCLUSION/SUMARRY

WHAT IS JOURNAL ?????
A journal is a scholarly publication containing articles written
by researchers, professors and other experts. Journals focus on
a specific discipline or field of study. Unlike newspapers and
magazines, journals are intended for an academic or technical
audience, not general readers.
• Journals are published on a regular basis (monthly, quarterly,
etc.) and are sequentially numbered.
• Each copy is an issue; a set of issues makes a volume (usually
each year is a separate volume). Like newspapers and
magazines, journals are also called periodicals or serials.

Most journal articles...
Are peer reviewed
Have original research
Focus on current developments
Cite other works and have bibliographies
Can be in print, online or both
Conti……

TYPES OF JOURANALS
Scholarly and Research Journals
Professional, Trade & Industry Journals
Popular and News Magazines

Scholarly and Research Journals

Professional, Trade & Industry Journals

Journal Evaluation Tools
 Journal Citation Reports (Impact factor)
 Web of Science (h-index)
 Scopus (h-index)
 SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR)

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
Impact Factor: It is the average number of times articles
from the journal published in the past two years have
been cited in the JCR year.
 e.g. The journal XYZ has an 2014 impact factor of 2.0
means that, on average, the articles published in 2012 and
2013 was quoted in 2014 an average of 2 times.

CALCULATION OF IMPACT FACTOR
IMPACT FACTORIMPACT FACTOR ==
 calculated over the last 2 yearscalculated over the last 2 years
 calculated over the last 5 yearscalculated over the last 5 years
NO. OF CITATIONSNO. OF CITATIONS
TOTAL NO. ARTICLESTOTAL NO. ARTICLES

Why Journal Impact?
Librarians - can support selection or removal of journals
from their collections, and determine how long to keep each
journal in the collection before archiving it.
Publishers and Editors - can determine journals’ influence
in the marketplace and review editorial functions.
Authors - can identify the most appropriate, influential
journals in which to publish, as well as confirm the status of
journals in which they have published.
Professors and Students - can discover where to find the
current reading list in their respective fields.

JOURNAL CITATION REPORT (JCR)
Journal Citation Reports offers a systematic, objective means
to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with
quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data. By
compiling articles' cited references, JCR Web helps to measure
research influence and impact at the journal and category
levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited
journals. Available in Science and Social Sciences editions.
Available at Library website:
 http://www.lib.ied.edu.in/index_e-resources.php

USEs OF THE JCR
What do librarians, researchers, and Publishers do with the
JCR?
Discover highest-impact journals
Develop and manage journal collections
Compare a custom selection of journals
Find related journals
Identify review journals
View citation information for subject categories

Access JCR (Social Sciences Edition)

Search
Criteria
Search
Criteria
Metric
s
Metric
s
Journal
Title
Journal
Title

Click on the abbreviated journal title to
view the full journal record

Definition of the Metrics
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 JCR Year (year under review)
 Total Cites
 Impact Factor
 Immediacy Index
 Cited Half-Life
 Citing Half-Life

JCR Year and Total Cites
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1. JCR Year: The year you select is the JCR year. All of the data
that you see for journals and subject categories come from
journal data published in that year. e.g. the current JCR year is
2014
2. Total Cites: The total number of times that a journal has been
cited by all journals included in the database in the JCR year.

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Journal: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
TOTAL CITES CALCULATION
Total Cites in 2009 of citations published in a particular year:
41+124+654+612+711 … + 8846 = 15082

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Impact Factor =
Cites in 2009 to 2007 or 2008 papers
Papers published in 2007 or 2008
The impact factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by
the total number of articles published in the two previous years.
IMPACT FACTOR CALCULATION
Journal: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL

Implications of Impact Factor
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Tell us how frequently has the average article in a
journal been cited in a particular year.
Tell us something about a journal as a whole
e.g. the extent to which its recently published papers
were cited in a given year.
Impact factor > 1 implied a journal is frequently cited
Higher citations rate means your article has higher
chances of getting cited or read by researchers.
Tells us NOTHING concrete about any specific
paper or specific author.

EXCLUSIVE SUMMARY
The impact factor is a very useful tool for evaluation of
journals, but it must be used discreetly.
 Considerations include the amount of review or other types
of material published in a journal, variations between
disciplines, and item-by-item impact.
The journal's status in regard to coverage in the JCR databases
as well as the occurrence of a title change are also very
important.

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