JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR: AN ACADEMIC INQUEST

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to trace the depth of Journal Impact Factor. It is evident that as long asJournal Impact Factor plays the chief criterion for evaluation of scientific quality, it will be imprudent to publish in journals with low Impact Factor nevertheless of their scientific suitability. Journal Impact is barely important from a scientific panorama because a study compared groups of often cited and rarely cited scientists who published in such journals and the study shed light on the fact that the twofold difference in citation rate between the two groups persisted throughout the Journal Impact range, indicating that the high-impact journals rendered nofree citationson their authors.Journal Impact Factor was designed to support libraries in deciding what type of journals to procure for their store.Impact Factor of a journal is an average scored considering the number of citations that articles of the journal have obtained within a certain time limit