Metrics
Impact Factor, Scopus, quartiles — plainly
Fourteen questions about Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore, the h-index, quartiles and indexing — answered from primary sources — and an h-index calculator.
What is the Journal Impact Factor and how is it calculated?The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a citation-based metric publish…How do I check a journal's real impact factor?The only authoritative source is Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by…What is the difference between CiteScore and Impact Factor?They measure similar things differently. Impact Factor (Clarivate,…Scopus vs Web of Science: which one matters?Both matter, and which matters more depends entirely on who is jud…What is a fake impact factor, and how do I spot one?A fake impact factor is a citation-like metric issued by an organi…What do Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 mean for journals?Journals within each subject category are ranked by a citation met…How do I check if a journal is really Scopus-indexed?Go to scopus.com/sources — the only authoritative source. Search b…Why do some journals get their Impact Factor suppressed?Clarivate removes journals from Journal Citation Reports when it i…What is the h-index and how is it calculated?The h-index is the largest number h such that a researcher has at…What is a good h-index?There is no "good" value that holds across fields. The only source…What is the h-index of a journal?Applied to a journal, the h-index is the largest number h such tha…What is CiteScore and how is it calculated?CiteScore is Elsevier's journal metric, calculated from Scopus dat…How do I check a journal's quartile?A quartile can be checked in three places: the Scopus source list,…ESCI, SCIE, SSCI and AHCI: what is the difference?They are the four journal indexes of the Web of Science Core Colle…H-index calculatorPaste the number of citations of each paper, separated by commas,…