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Journal Impact Factor

FYI: This post/topic is geared towards serious academic researchers. If you need to discover the impact factor of a journal, here is how to do it.

Go to the TCU database, Web of Science
Click on the yellow tab at the top of the page titled “Additional Resources”
Click on the link: “Journal Citation Reports” (under ‘Analytical Tools’ heading)
For business journals, you want to select “JCR Social Sciences Edition”
I like to (A) “View a group of journals by subject category” since it provides a point of comparison, but you can also (B) search for a particular journal. Make your choice and click the submit button
If you have chosen option A from above, on the next screen, you just pick your subject category. Please note that categories for business include: Business; Business, finance; Management; Transportation, and possibly some others.
Once you get the search results (see screen shot below), if you don’t understand how a particular # is being determined, click on the ‘i’ button and then you will probably need to click on the ‘contents’ tab on the page that appears.

Here’s a sample of what you get (double click to enlarge):

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