The comprehensive impact factor refers to the comprehensive impact factor, mainly refers to the integration of arts and sciences, which is calculated based on the comprehensive statistical source literature of scientific and technological journals and humanities and social sciences journals.
Impact factor is an important index in periodical evaluation and a quantitative standard calculated through certain laws. It shows the influence of the journal in its research field, which can explain the quality level of a journal to some extent. In the process of development, the influencing factors have formed two indicators: composite influencing factors and comprehensive influencing factors.
The impact factor is one of the data in the periodical citation report produced by Thomson Reuters. That is, the total number of citations of papers published by a journal in the first two years of the reporting year divided by the total number of papers published by the journal in these two years. This is an internationally accepted periodical evaluation index.
The impact factor has become a general index of periodical evaluation in the world. It is not only an index to measure the usefulness and exhibition of periodicals, but also an important index to measure the academic level of periodicals and even the quality of papers. The influence factor is a relative statistic.
References:
Impact Factor _ Baidu Encyclopedia