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.
Web Of Science: The Library's subscription database for journals in the sciences. Search for a specific journal to find quartile ranking. Individual Impact Factor scores are NOT available through this platform.
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. However, if you search for a journal name in Web of Science, it will display the Quartile Ranking in JCR category for a named journal. It will not show you impact factor.
Additionally, 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/