Generally, the standard of a published article is measured by the impact factor of the journal .
Is this the correct measure of the standard of an article ?
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N Das
It is an important measure Nityananda Das, but not the only one.
It is a good yardstick to measure scientific evaluation but definitely not a perfect tool to measure the quality of the journal.
Impact factor is only a parameter to measure the standard of the research article. It is not everything.
No. I believe that the indexing of the journal is more important.
Data 2020 - Journal Impact Factor & Quartile
Data 2019 - Journal Impact Factor
This may help you.
Dear Abdelhameed Ibrahim,
Thanks for providing the data.
Thanks and Regards
N Das
Impact factor of a journal a is correct measure of standard of Research Articles because it brings all the journals on a common platform for comparison.
Dear Nityananda Das "Is Impact factor of a journal a correct measure of standard of Research Articles": This is a good question which is certainly of interest to many RG members. The impact factor (IF) of a journal just tells you how often articles published in this journal are cited on the average per year. The term average already makes clear that the IF doesn't say anything about the standard / quality of an individual article.
Respected Sir, Prof. Edelmann,
Sir, Thanks for your valuable information on the Discussion.
Regards
N Das
Dear Nityananda Das I might add that we did ca. 30 years of (successful) research where measures like impact factors and h-index were just not available because there was no internet. We only got a feeling of the impact of certain journals from regularly reading them in the library. After that, I always considered the impact factors when choosing the right journals for our publications. However, I always suggest to remain realistic with respect to the impact factor. It makes no sense to submit a routine paper to a high-impact journal where it gets a desk-rejection. In our field of research (chemistry) there are good journals which have an impact factor in the area of 1-2. Most important is that the chosen journal has an impact factor at all. Only then your valuable research will be read worldwide and eventually cited.
Nityananda Das To some extent, yes.
But the most reliable factor is the number of citation for this article.
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