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Acceptance Rate

What is it?
The percentage of works that are published out of the total number of works submitted.

Where can I find it?

Impact Factor

What is it?
A measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year or period. (More about ISI impact factors.) 


Where can I find it?

Journal Citation Reports
Location: Health Sciences Library Reserve Desk
The Health Sciences Library keeps the Science section of the Journal Citation Reports on Reserve. Please contact us if you'd like us to look up some impact factors for you. Ellis Library has the complete set of Journal Citation Reports in the Ready Reference section, Z7403 .S32. 

ISI InCites Online Magazine
Information and statistics regarding journals and scientific publishing. Impact factor information can sometimes be found in the SciBytes news section.

Times Cited

What is it?
The number of times an article has been cited in a bibliography of another article.


Where can I find it?


Scopus