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journal impact factor: a standalone construct

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Scientometrics

a journal's citations in a given year to items it published in the two previous years, divided by the number of citable items it published in those years.

In scientometrics, journal impact factor refers to a journal's citations in a given year to items it published in the two previous years, divided by the number of citable items it published in those years. This meaning comes from Garfield (2006) in JAMA.[1]

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References

Garfield, E. (2006). The History and Meaning of the Journal Impact Factor. JAMA, 295(1), 90. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.295.1.90

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