Impact factor - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factorThe impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as indexed by Clarivate's Web of Science. As a journal-level metric, it is frequently used as a proxyfor the relative importance of a journal within its field; journals with higher impact factor values are given status of being more important, or carry more prestige in t…