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Bibliometrics: Journal Metrics

Journal Metrics

Journal metrics seek to illustrate relative importance of a journal within its field. These metrics are not appropriate for evaluating articles published in those journals or the researchers who write those articles.

Basic Journal Indicators include:

 - Journal Impact Factor (JIF)

 - Eigenfactor

 - Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR)

 - Cited Half-Life