GUIDE TO ACCESS IMPACT FACTOR &

JOURNAL RANKING VIA

JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS (JCR)

IMPACT FACTOR (IF)

The journal Impact Factor is the average number of times from the journal

published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year.

-The Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the

JCR year by the total number of articles published in the two previous

years.

-Example : For 2014 IF

Citations to 2012+2013 Articles

Articles published in 2012+2013

-An Impact Factor of 1.0 means that, on average, the articles published in the previous two years have been cited one time.

QUARTILE RANKING

- Calculations by quarterly ( 25 % ) according to the

ranking IF in the same field

• Q1 denotes the top 25% of the IF distribution

• Q2 for middle-high position (between top 50% and top 25%)

• Q3 middle-low position (top 75% to top 50%)

• Q4 the lowest position (bottom 25% of the IF distribution)

SEARCHING JCR USING SPECIFIC JOURNAL TITLE

HOW TO ACCESS JCR

STEPS :

1. Access library website

www.lib.upm.edu.my

2. Login to EZproxy

3.Type Matric No./

Staff no. 4.Type IC No./Passport No.

5. Click LOGIN

button

6.Click letter ‘J’ to search JCR

online database

7.Select JCR from journal

title list.

JCR MAIN SCREEN

IS DISPLAYED

2. Select an option.

If you know the specific

title of a journal,

choose ‘Search for a

specific journal’.

1. Select JCR

edition & year

3. Click SUBMIT button

5. Type search term

in the text box

4. Select a search

option from the menu

6. Click SEARCH button

7. Click LANG

SPEECH [a

hyperlink] to go to

more detailed

journal information

Impact Factor

for this journal

8. Click JOURNAL

RANKING button

Scroll down the page to

view all the data

9. Click “RETURN TO

JOURNAL” button

QUARTILE

10. Click “VIEW JOURNAL SUMMARY

LIST” to view Impact Factor and other

details about journals under subject

LINGUISTICS or PSYCHOLOGY,

EXPERIMENTAL

11. Choose “Impact

Factor” and click

SORT AGAIN button

Result displayed for subject

PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Result displayed for

subject LINGUISTICS

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