Some researchers use metrics like those listed below to determine the value of the source or publication.
Journal Impact Factor
Definition:
Impact Factor (IF):the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the reference year.
Journal impact
Quartile score:
Defintion: the relative location of a journal along the range of an Impact Factor distribution.
Quartile | Journal rank |
Q1 | top 25% of the IF distribution (high) |
Q2 | between top 50% and top 25% of the IF distribution. (middle high) |
Q3 | top 75% to top 50% (middle low) |
Q4 | bottom 25% of the IF distribution (low) |
H-index
The h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2008-2012 have at least h citations each” ---e.g. a h5-index of 100 means 100 articles were published in the 5 yr. time frame that have at least 100 citations each.
C.R.A.P Test
Apply the C.R.A.P. test when evaluating sources
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