Understanding journal
and article metrics

Research Journal

Consider a broad range of journal and article metrics to decide
which journal will help you achieve your goals of getting the bestreach, recognition and impact when submitting your research.

Metrics commonly displayed on Wiley Journals

Journal Citation Indicator
Metric Source Clarivate – Web of Science
The Journal Citation Indicator is a field-normalized measure of citation
impact where a value of 1.0 means, across the journal, publishedpapers received a number of citations equal to the average citation
count in that subject category.
World average is set to 1.0. Values above 1.0 indicate a higher average
citation impact (2.0 being twice the average), whilst values lower than
1.0 indicate a less than average.

82% of authors feel the Journal
Citation Indicator is importantwhen choosing where tosubmit their research.

CiteScore

How is it calculated?
The number of citations todocuments published in a 4-year
period by the number of documentsin the same 4-year period.

Metric Source Scopus
CiteScore is a measure that looks at the average citations per
document that a journal receives over a fixed number of years. It
provides a comprehensive, transparent view of a journal’s impact.

Altmetric Badge
Metric Source Digital Science
Measures social visibility around scientific articles. Metrics are
based on a broad spectrum of indicators, such as tweets, blog
mentions, news media, social bookmarking, article views anddownloads.

70% of authors strongly agree
usage metrics such as Altmetricwill become more importantin evaluating the quality ofopen access research.

Journal Impact Factor

How is it calculated?

Metric Source Clarivate – Web of Science

Number of citations in one year
to content published in previous
two years ÷ number of articles
and reviews published within theprevious two years.

The Journal Impact Factor measures the frequency with which
the “average article” in a journal has been cited in a particular
year or period. The annual JCR impact factor is a ratio between
citations and recent citable items published.

5-Year Journal Impact Factor
Metric Source Clarivate – Web of Science
The average number of times articles from the journal published in thepast five years have been cited in the JCR.
How is it calculated?
Number of citations in the JCR ÷ total numberof articles published in the 5 previous years.

Source Normalized Impact Per Paper (SNIP)
Metric Source Scopus
The Source Normalized Impact Per Paper (SNIP) measurescontextual citation impact by weighting citations based on thetotal number of citations in a subject field, making the metricmore comparable across different disciplines.

78% of authors strongly agree
journal-level metrics areimportant in evaluating
the quality of open accessresearch.

How is it calculated?
Number of citations given in thepresent year to publications in thepast three years total number ofpublications in the past three years.

Scite Citation Badge
Metric Source Scite
Smart Citations allow users to see how a publication has been cited by providing thecontext of the citation and a classification describing whether it provides supporting orcontrasting evidence for the cited claim.

Submission to First Decision
Metric Source Journal data
Over 80% of authors feel thatturnaround time metrics areimportant in their decision insubmitting to a journal.

Time in days between timestamps or dates if no timestamp is available,
between the received date and the date that an editor makes any type ofdecision, including desk rejections, rejection without receiving external peer
review and withdrawals, on that first submitted version of a paper. This iscalculated and displayed as a median.

Submission to AcceptanceMetric Source Journal data
The time in days between timestamps, or dates if no timestamp is available, between thereceived date and the date that an editor makes any type of accept or reject decision on thelatest submitted version of a paper (i.e., where multiple revisions have been submitted, thelatest paper). This is calculated and displayed as a median.

Acceptance Rates
Metric Source Journal data
Percentage of papers accepted during a given period as a proportionof all papers arriving at a final decision in that period. This is calculated
according to the final decision date rather than the year in which the paper
was submitted.
*Note: the Acceptance Rate metric includes rejections with no review. Acceptance rates can be impacted
by the Journal’s scope, peer review model (sound science vs. selective), commissioning strategy (invitedreviews, special issues), eligible document types, study design requirements, and many other factors.

How is it calculated?

74% of authors feel theAcceptance Rate metric is
important when choosing
where to submit theirresearch.

Number of accepted papers ÷ number of submitted papers.

Full Text Views
Metric Source Journal data
The number of unique usage events taking place in the given year, including all forms of full text
access (HTML/PDF/Full Text Author Manuscript). Events relating to abstract views and access denied
notifications are not included. All usage linked to crawlers is removed.

Find out more
For more information about journal and article metrics, visit Wiley’s Journal metrics.
*Not every journal will have these metrics available. Clarivate and Scopus metrics require a journal to be indexed which is a selective process.
If a journal has not applied for indexing, or has not been accepted for indexing, then it may not display all the available metrics.