Journal Impact Factor (JIF): A Study of Select LIS Journals

Abstract

The JIF is a supportive tool for assessing journals, and hence caution is required to be used. There is a massive amount of debate that encircles the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), which is recurrently expended to evaluate research and scholars. It is extremely controversial to the extent of the degree that the JIF is acceptable for assessing the caliber of a given article or publication, and particularly for assessing both individual and group research accomplishments. Citations and their quantity are often considered to be the foundation of the JIF. The present study is an attempt to calculate the Impact Factor of selected LIS journals which have the scope at both national and international levels. The results depict that journals having a broader scope and open access policy possess higher percentageof IF than others. The same has been presented in the form of tables and charts