Scholarly Metrics

• Journal metrics are not calculated for all journal titles.
• Journal metrics cannot be used as a proxy for the quality of individual articles and authors published in that journal.
• It can be helpful to consult ranked lists of journals in a subject area, but these subjects are defined quite broadly and vary by platform.
• Journal metrics are difficult to replicate (due to the size of the dataset and proprietary nature of citation data) and prone to gamification.

You can find a variety of journal metrics, including Journal Impact Factor (JIF or IF), for a select group of journals by searching for a journal title in Journal Citation Reports. 

1. Start at Journal Citation Reports
2. Search for a specific journal title. (Keep in mind that not all journals are included!)

To find lists of journals, grouped by subject, and ranked by different journal metrics, start at Journal Citation Reports, then click "Categories" at the top of the page and narrow down to a specific group.

If you were unable to find metrics for a specific journal using Journal Citation Reports (JCR), try again in Scopus – it includes more journals than JCR (although still not all journals are listed). Also, because the term "Journal Impact Factor" is trademarked by the company that licenses Journal Citation Reports, it will not be available in Scopus. 

1. Start at Scopus
2. Click "Sources" at the top of the page.
3. The default will allow you to search by subject area.
4. If you would like to search by title, click the dropdown in the upper left-hand corner of the page. From the dropdown, click "Title" and search for a journal title. (Keep in mind that not all journals are included!)

SCImagoJR has a variety of journal metrics that are also based on Scopus citation data.  

1. Start at SCImagoJR
2. Search for a specific journal title. (Keep in mind that not all journals are included!)
3. Click on the title in your results list, and scroll down to see charts of different metrics through time.

To find lists of journals, grouped by subject, and ranked by different metrics, start at SCImagoJR, then click "Journal Rankings" at the top of the page.

The h5-index and h5-median for a very limited number of journals are available in Google Scholar. (The h5-index of a journal is calculated similarly to the h-index for an author: a journal with an h5-index of 43 has published, within a 5-year period, 43 articles that each have 43 or more citations.)

Start at Google Scholar, then click the "hamburger" icon (three horizontal lines) in the upper left corner of the page, and choose "Metrics."