Impact Factor
Impact Factor: 10.57
Calculated using Google Scholar h-index data and the Semantic Scholar AI-powered research tool — the exact methodology is explained below, with nothing hidden.
We Count our Impact Factor based on Google Scholar h-index and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool.
IJRTI impact factor calculation based on Google Scholar h-index and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool.
A
Total number of Google Scholar citations in the YEAR.
B
Total number of articles published in the YEAR.
C
Subset of citations — the h-index is a subset of A.
D
B ÷ C — the resulting total Impact Factor.
What an Impact Factor of 10.57 Actually Says
It is a measure of how often work published here is cited by other researchers — nothing more and nothing less. It says something about the journal's reach. It says very little about any individual paper in it, and a good paper in a low-metric journal is still a good paper.
“Impact factor” is used loosely to mean several different numbers. They measure different things, and knowing which is being quoted matters more than the figure itself.
| Metric | What It Measures | Applies To |
|---|---|---|
| Impact Factor | Average citations per article over a defined window. | The journal |
| h-index | The number h where h papers have each been cited at least h times. Resistant to one runaway paper skewing the picture. | Journal or author |
| i10-index | How many papers have received at least 10 citations. A Google Scholar measure. | Journal or author |
| CiteScore | Scopus's citation average, calculated over a four-year window rather than two. | The journal |
| SJR | Weights each citation by the standing of the citing journal, so not all citations count equally. | The journal |
| Citation count | How many times one specific paper has been cited. The only one of these that describes your work. | A single paper |
A Fair Use of the Number
- Gauging whether a journal's work gets read and cited
- Comparing journals within the same discipline
- Seeing whether a journal's reach is growing year on year
- One input among several when choosing where to submit
What It Cannot Do
- Judge the quality of any individual paper
- Compare across fields — citation rates differ enormously
- Measure a researcher's ability or standing
- Predict whether your own paper will be cited
- Substitute for reading the work itself
Beware invented impact factors
A number of organisations sell “impact factors” that no citation database stands behind. If a journal quotes one, ask which database it came from and follow the link. IJRTI's figure comes from Google Scholar citation data and Semantic Scholar, both of which you can query yourself — see the approval and indexing page for the verification links.
A journal's metric is the sum of its papers' citations, so this is the part you actually control. None of it involves gaming anything.
A metric only matters if the paper behind it is discoverable. Every article in IJRTI is open access with a Crossref DOI and full metadata, indexed across Google Scholar, SSRN, ResearchGate and Semantic Scholar — which is what puts it in front of the people who might cite it.
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