Journal Impact Factor™

Definition: The mean number of citations to research articles in that journal over the preceding two years. It is a proprietary and opaque calculation marketed by Clarivate™. Journal Impact Factors are not associated with the content quality or the peer review process.

Related terms: DORA, H-index

References: Brembs et al (2013), Curry (2012), Naudet et al. (2018), Rossner et al. (2008), & Sharma et al. (2014)

Drafted and Reviewed by: Jacob Miranda, Tsvetomira Dumbalska, Adam Parker

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