Journal impact factor is regularly used as a pointer of the value of a journal to its field. It was introduced by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information.
IF of a journal is not connected to the factors like quality of review process and quality of content of the journal, but is a assess that reflects the average number of citations to articles published in journal.
Year | Database | Impact Factor | Verification |
2015 | Global Impact Factor (GIF) | 0.676 | View |
2016 | Systematic Impact Factor (SIF) | 2.306 | View |
2017 | Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF) | 4.46 | View |