How is the impact factor of a research journal calculated?

Dhritikesh Chakrabarty @Dhritikesh_Chakrabarty

07 July 2018 0 5K Report

Research journals are found to carry impact factors. Now it is to be known abou

(1) what does the impact factor mean?,

(2) how is impact factor of a journal calculated?

and (3) what characteristic of a journal is measured by its impact factor?

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