Finding Journal citation metrics
Publishing in quality journals is an important aspect of scholarly publishing. However, which journals are the best in their field? One method to quantify journal quality is to calculate a journal score based on citation averages over a given period of time. These journals are then ranked by this score within various disciplines. Each of the most popular journal ranking systems use a variation of this methodology.
CWTS Journal Indicators: Free source to find SNIP indicatos, a stability interval measure, an Impact Per Publication (IPP) score (measures average number of citations), percentage of self-cites, and number of publications.
Scimago Journal Indicators (SJR): Free source for H Index, SJR, Cites/Doc., and historical information about journals.
Google Scholar Journal Metrics: A source to find lists of top 20 journals in discipline-specific categories and subcategories ranked by H5 Index or H5-Median
Citescore Metrics: Source to find CiteScore, a percentile ranking within a field, citation counts, and "CiteScoreTracker" which provides a forecast for the source's performance for the upcoming year.
Impact Factor is a proprietary citation measure produced by Clarivate from Web of Science data. Impact factors for journals are published in Journal Citation Reports, which also ranks journals by impact factor. The Ross Pendergraft Library does not subscribe to this resource nor does it subscribe to Web of Science.
However, some publishers (Taylor & Francis, Sage, Elsevier, Wiley) list the impact factor on the journal's homepage. You can find a specific impact for many journals in this way.
Source: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. BMJ Journals. Retrieved from: https://jech.bmj.com/
