impact factor
impact factor · impact factors
A measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in…A measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in an academic journal, used as an approximation of the relative importance of a journal within its field.
Meaning
1 sensesA measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in an academic journal, used as an approximation of the relative importance of a journal within its field.
Forms
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