What is the importance of the Impact Factor ?

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Tahreer M. Al-Thuwaini

The impact factor of a journal is a measure reflecting the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. So the prestigious journals their impact factor is high, and publish papers of high level. The best journals are those in which it is most difficult to have an article accepted, and these are the journals that have a high impact factor.