IMPACT FACTOR - Academic Publishing Demystified
Channel: University of Calgary Libraries
Date: 2022-12-12

Impact factor is sometimes a consideration when it comes to choosing where to publish your academic work. This video is meant to introduce graduate students to impact factor, what it is, and how it can be a part of your decision making process when it comes to publishing your work. This video is a part of the Academic Publishing Demystified guide, where you can find more information and resources about impact factor and academic publishing in general: 

https://libguides.ucalgary.ca/publishing/home 

 After watching this video you should be able to: 

-Understand what impact factor is and how it works in the world of academic publishing 

-Identify whether or not impact factor is important to you and your work, and how much it should effect where you choose to publish 

 This work is licensed under a Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). 

 Thanks for watching!