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Impact factor May be used to:
Identify journals in which to publish Identify journals relevant to your research
Confirm the status of journals in which you have published (grants, applications etc )
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Vary in disciplines – compare with other journals in the same category
Legitimate authority for ranking journals ‐ not papers!
QUICK reference card: http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/qrc/jcrqrc.pdf
Indexing and metrics in major bibligraphic databases Scopus
Web of Science
PubMed
CiteScore metrics, SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) and Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP).
Check if the publisher is on Bealls list (2017)1
1: https://beallslist.weebly.com
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