impact factor

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metric, an indicator of the quality of a journal (although very sensitive to issues such as degree of specialism, field, etc.)

Usually (and generally understood to be) a measure of the extent to which the articles published in a journal tend to be cited across well-regarded journals

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.