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2.  A quantitative indicator for the importance of
the journal
 Reader
 Which journal I should read?
 Author
 Which journal should I submit the research paper?

3.  ISI (Institute of Scientific Information) defines
the top journal and defines them in their
database.
 There are called Source Journals.
 For each source Journal ISI , reference list of
each article.
 The more a journal is “reference” more is its
impact factor.

4.  Journal Citation Report
 Annually
 Covers Science and Social Science

6.  Impact Factor
 Source
 JCR (Journal Citation Report)

7.  Number of Cited Reference
 Source
 ISI Web of Science

10. Impact Factor (JCR)
New England Journal of Medicine (1999)
1998 1997 Total
Cites in 1999 to articles published 9698 12493 22191
Number of articles published 390 379 769
Impact Factor
Cites to recent articles 22191
Number of recent articles 769

11.  Check how important is the article in the research
field.
 Check how important is an author’s publication in
the research field.
 Trace the historical development of research field.
 Find related research work.

12.  For each source journal ,ISI studies the
reference list of each article.
 Instead of studying the journal ,ISI examines
the publication referenced.
 The more a publication is references, the more
important the publications

13.  ISI Web of Science
Over 8000 top international journal
Provides Weekly updates

15.  IEEE Journals have highest journal Impace
 Some journals have impact factor more than 2.0
 ACM computing journals
 Some Indian journals also have good impact
factor
 Before selecting journal to publish the paper
we can check its impact factor in JCR report
of the previous years