Q. How do I find the impact factor of a journal or article?

Journal Impact Factor

Journal Impact Factor is frequently used as an indicator for the importance of a journal to its field. Eigenfactor and SCImago Journal & Country Rank are free tools for finding the impact of a journal or groups of journals. 

Our Research Guide on Impact Factor & Metrics includes information on Journal Impact Factor, Author Impact Factor, Article Impact Factor, and Book Impact Factor. Each page contain specific information about how different metrics are calculated and links to more in-depth resources. 

Article Impact Factor 

Article level metrics are an evolving area. Measures include the number of citations in social media sites (altmetrics), as well as open peer or crowd-based recommendations or reviews. 

Our Research Guide on Impact Factor and Metrics includes information on completing citation analysis as well as finding and using altmetrics.