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Journal Rankings and Impact Factors
Sources through the UNF Library

Journal Rankings

• Rankings for MIS journals by the Association for Information Systems
• Impact Factors for IS journals

Journal Impact Factors

• Garfield, E. The history and meaning of the journal impact factor. JAMA. 295(1):90-93, January 4, 2006.
• Impact factors: arbiter of excellence? Journal of the Medical Library Association. 91(1):4-6, January, 2003.
• Neuberger, J, and Counsell, C. Impact factors: uses and abuses. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 14(3):209-211, March 2002.

Sources in the UNF Library - If you are off campus, log in here before linking to the database. There is a log in link at the top of the page you will link to below.

Cambridge Journals Online

• Browse journals by title or subject.
• Select your journal.
• Scroll down to Impact Factor on the right side. Also reports half-life.

Oxford Journals

• Select your journal title.
• Select About this journal on the right. (Not all journals have an impact factor.)
• The impact factor is found in the middle of the right bar and in the description in the main portion of the screen.

ScienceDirect

• Select your journal.
• Select About this journal in the gray bar under the journal title.
• Impact factor is reported under the journal description toward the bottom of the page.

SpringerLink

• Under Content Type, select journals
• Find your journal and click on the journal title.
• Select About this journal from the list of links at the top right of the screen.
• If the journal impact factor is available, it will be under the description.

Wiley Interscience

• Browse by subject or title and select.
• Select Product Information at the top of the screen.
• See Latest Impact Factor on the right.

Barbara Tuck at 620-2616 or 620-1532. Email btuck@unf.edu

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