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1 Not all Journals are Created Equal! Using Impact Factors to Assess the Impact of a Journal

2 Objectives: At the end of this talk, the participant will be able to:  Define Journal Indexation  Define Impact Factor (IF)  Explain how the impact factor relates to finding the "best" journal in which to publish.

3 Journal Indexation Indexation of a journal is considered a reflection of its quality. Indexed journals are considered to be of higher scientific quality as compared to non-indexed journals. Indexation of medical journals has become a debatable issue. Popular indexation services include MedLine, PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, SCIRUS among others.

4 Why is this different? Based on law indexing (Shepard’s Citations) 1873 Subject indexes to scientific literature were in existence Garfield suggests that each article is given a code and all works that cited that article would be linked to the original article.

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6 Journal Impact Factor Formula The number of times articles published in (2 years) were cited by indexed journals Total number of citable items (2 years)

7 In Simpler Terms The impact factor is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals.

8 Other Methods H Index (or H factor) Immediacy index

9 H Factor or H Index Index that attempts to measure both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar. A scholar with an index of h has published h papers each of which has been cited by others at least h times. Serves as an alternative to more traditional journal impact factor metrics in the evaluation of the impact of the work of a particular researcher

10 How do Impact factors help you find the best journal in which to publish?

11 How do I find a journal impact factor? Use http://www.impactfactorsearch.com/

12 Activity: Find out the impact factor for the following journal titles


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