Selection of Journals Based on the Impact Factors: A Case Study

Abstract

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is published by the Institute of Information Science. Philadelphia in CD-ROM format. It covers 6400 journals. This can be used as a useful tool for journal selection: the key factor being the impact factor.

800 journals out of the 1500 journals subscribed by the JRD Tata Memorial Library are covered in the JCR. These journals have been selected for the study. A rank list of journals is prepared based on the impact factors and useful inference is drawn.