Journal Impact Factor

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf bibliometric indicator
gptkbp:abbreviation JIF
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Impact Factor
gptkbp:appliesTo academic journals
gptkbp:calculationMethod gptkb:Clarivate_Analytics
two years
gptkbp:criticizedFor potential for manipulation
misuse in evaluating individual researchers
gptkbp:field scientometrics
gptkbp:form Citations in year X to articles published in years X-1 and X-2 divided by number of citable articles published in years X-1 and X-2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Journal Impact Factor
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Eugene_Garfield
gptkbp:introducedIn 1975
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:measures average number of citations to articles published in a journal
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Journal_Citation_Reports
gptkbp:relatedTo citation analysis
h-index
Eigenfactor score
gptkbp:updated annually
gptkbp:usedFor evaluating academic journals
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CiteScore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7