Journal Impact factor What would recommend to get the Impact Factor for a journal?

Abstract

Hundreds of the electronic and non-electronic journals have been established exponentially in the scientific community since the last two decades. The impact factor (IF) is only one of three standardized measures created by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) which can be used to measure the way a journal receives citations to its articles over time. The impact factor and other bibliometric indicators are currently utilized in most countries to evaluate institutions, scientific research, entire journals, and individual articles. Some of periodicals journal has been succeeded in developing their IF and citation reports (CR), while the others journals are still trying to develop those important indicators. This article deals with the most frequently asked questions about the impact factors and its genesis, the methods of calculating it are included. It discusses also the ways to get the IF for the journal and the effects of the impact factor on the journal and article quality and ISI journal selection criteria. Journals dealing with animal health and veterinary sciences with high impact factor are also included.