What should be minimum impact factor of a journal?

In most fields, the impact factor of 10 or greater is considered an excellent score while 3 is flagged as good and the average score is less than 1.

What are the factors we need to consider while selecting journal?

Criteria for Evaluating a Journal

• Scientific Rigor. A key indicator of journal quality is the scientific rigor of the publications published in the journal.
• Editorial Quality.
• Peer Review Process.
• Ethics.
• Editorial Board Members.
• Journal Reputation/Business Model.
• Author Rights and Copyright.
• Indexing Status.

Which impact factor is considered for the purposes of academic evaluation?

It is a fact that Thomson Reuters’ JCR Impact Factor is the most reliable and authentic one, and is the only measure that is considered for the purposes of academic evaluation. Other metrics such as the Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF), Universal Impact Factor (UIF), Global Impact Factor (GIF), etc.

What is a low impact factor journal?

If a paper is published in a low impact journal then we have less information about its quality, rather than having information suggesting that its quality is low. It is an argument from ignorance to use the absence of impact factor based evidence for high quality to conclude that a paper is of low quality.

What is low impact journal?

Firstly, a journal with an IF of 2-2.5 may be considered a bit on the lower side, but not very low. So, a journal with an IF of 2-2.5 would be considered having a higher impact than these journals. A journal with an IF of 5 or above would be considered high-impact, but note that these would be fewer in number.

Is an Impact Factor of 4.5 good?

In many cases a JIF of 4 could be very good indeed, and some journal editors aim for that number, but for certain journals it might be no more than acceptable or ordinary, whereas for others it would be considered exceptional.