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Impact Factorfor Journals
Courtney Mlinar
Spring 2010
Definition of Impact Factor:
• average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the Journal Citations Report year.
A Journal with great Impact…
…is cited frequently in the References and citations in other journal articles
Find out if the journal you are usingis impacting other research…
HPD LibraryChoose Quick Links > Alphabetical
Choose ISI Web of Knowledge Database:Additional Resources
Journal Citation Reports:
2008 Report is most currentView by subject, specific journal
Select one or more categories:
May sort by impact factor, etc…
If you sort Pharm titles by Impact Factor…
Definitions:
• Rank- by sort option (Impact Factor)
• ISSN- journal identification number
• Total cites- how often this journal is cited
• Immediacy index- how quickly articles in a journal are cited
#1 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Follow link to Ulrich’s Periodical Directory
Ulrich’s link describes content
Select Impact Factor link:
Explains how Impact Factor was derived