FDU LibGuides: Scholarly Publishing Guide: Measuring Impact

Journal Impact

Journal impact tools may be able to help you compare journals. Many of these tools measure the frequency that an average article has been cited in a particular year, whereas others may use additional data points to measure impact.

CiteScore/Scopus Preview
CiteScore 2021 counts the citations received in 2018-2021 to articles, reviews, conference papers, book chapters and data papers published in 2018-2021, and divides this by the number of publications published in 2018-2021. Note: This tool is produced by Elsevier and might be favorable to Elsevier-published journals. This link is to a preview version and not the full version of the tool.
Cabell's Journalytics
Explore more than 11,000 qualified academic journals to discover the perfect outlet for your research.
Eigenfactor
Eigenfactor scores are scaled so that the Eigenfactor scores of all journals listed in Thomson's Journal Citation Reports (JCR) sum to 100. Thus if a journal has an Eigenfactor score of 1.0, it has 1% of the total influence of all indexed publications. In 2013, the journal Nature has the highest Eigenfactor score, with a value of 1.603.
CWTS Journal Indicators
A key indicator offered by CWTS Journal Indicators is the SNIP indicator, where SNIP stands for source normalized impact per paper. This indicator measures the average citation impact of the publications of a journal. This resource is for scientific journals.
Scimago Journal & Country Rank
The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a publicly available portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.).
Google Scholar Metrics
Google Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Scholar Metrics summarize recent citations to many publications, to help authors as they consider where to publish their new research.

Research Impact

UC Berkeley Library's Measuring Research Impact Guide provides information, resources, and tools on research impact. This includes:

Additional Resources

This webinar, presented on March 17, 2022 by Wisconsin Medical College Libraries, provides an overview of commonly used metrics for measuring the impact of journals and articles. The information will help you to find impactful journals to publish your research, and show you how to track the impact and reach of your publications.

Scholarly Publishing Guide

Journal Impact

Research Impact

Additional Resources

Metropolitan Library

Florham Library