Latest Impact Factor (IIF): 4.070

Journal Impact Factor (JIF or IIF)

Impact factor of a journal is often the deciding element of scientists, researchers and subject matter experts to publish their valuable scientific content in a particular journal. The higher the Impact Factor, the better the perception of the journal.

How can we define Journal Impact Factor?

1. Journal impact factor is the average number of times an article from the journal is cited in the last two years.
2. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations with the total number of published articles in the last two years.
3. Essentially it means that if an article from a journal is cited once in the one or two years since it’s publication in the particular journal.
4. In our journal, the IF refers to our Internal Impact Factor (IIF) calculated from the citations our published articles received through platforms like Google Scholar, CrosssRef and Research Gate since the last two years.

Significance of the Impact Factor:

1. The IF is the deciding factor for an author choosing to publish in a journal, for determining the productivity of the journal and for archiving databases to make a collaborative decision.
2. The IF is also governed by the time of inception of a journal, i.e. for a young journal to achieve an above the average IF is a grand achievement. Similarly journals publishing on niche subjects like clinical journals, journals in medicine etc are cited by a specialized group of audience which might affect the journal’s IF.
3. And for journals publishing review articles, the IF has the potential of being manipulated. These are certain important criteria that must be taken into account before judging a journal through its IF.