Chemistry journals impact factors in web of science (ISI) for 2018 a comparative and novel study

摘要

Journals Impact Factors in Web of Science?that are indexed in the article database are ranked using the previous two years' citation data.?Impact Factors?(IF) is best used to compare?journals?in the same subject category, as the rate of citation vary widely among disciplines. For example,?Nature?has an Impact Factor of over 40, while?American Historical Review?has an impact factor of less than 2. But, both journals are ranked first in their subject category. A comparative and novel study is performed to focus on the impact factors of all available chemistry journals in the world. Despite the progress of science and on-line system, such a comprehensive study on a particular and popular discipline has not been performed. This study uncovers numerous important factors that may identify the quality of a chemistry journal although many other factors may be responsible to judge the meritorious significance of a particular paper.