Article Influence & Eigenfactor

667.0 651.0 675.0 723.0 701.0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 667.0 651.0 675.0 723.0 701.0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
  • 667.0
  • 14.0
  • 651.0
  • 17.0
  • 675.0
  • 0.022
  • 723.0
  • 0.027
  • 701.0
  • 0.029

About Article Influence & Eigenfactor

Citations from highly ranked journals are more important and influential than those from lower ranked journals.

Metrics

Year Eigenfactor AI
2021 0.029 701.000
2020 0.027 723.000
2019 0.022 675.000
2018 17.000 651.000
2017 14.000 667.000

Definition

Article Influence

Article Influence is calculated by dividing the Eigenfactor® score by the percentage of all articles recorded in the Journal Citation Reports that were published in a specific journal. The Article Influence score measures the average influence per article of the papers in a journal. As such, it is comparable to Clarivate Analytics widely used Impact Factor. Article Influence scores are normalized so that the mean article in the entire Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database has an article influence of 1.00.

Eigenfactor®

The Eigenfactor® score is a rating of the total importance of a specific journal. Journals are rated according to the number of incoming citations, with citations from highly ranked journals weighted to make a larger contribution to the Eigenfactor® than those from poorly ranked journals. As a measure of importance, the Eigenfactor® score scales with the total impact of a journal. Journals generating higher impact to the field tend to have larger Eigenfactor® scores. The Eigenfactor® approach is thought to be more robust than the Impact Factor metric, which counts purely incoming citations without considering the significance of those citations.

Article influence and Eigenfactor® exclude self-citations.