Editorial Policy

Our editorial policy is simple: journal information should be useful, clearly labelled and presented without turning citation metrics into promotional claims.

Accuracy and context

We distinguish between different indicators such as Journal Impact Factor and Journal Citation Indicator and avoid presenting them as equivalent. Metric year is shown wherever possible because citation metrics change over time.

Independent status

Journals Impact Factors is not operated by Clarivate, Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, Scopus, SCImago or any publisher listed in the directory. References to those services are descriptive and are used to explain the source or meaning of a metric.

Corrections

Reasonable correction requests are reviewed when they identify a specific record and explain what appears to be wrong. Useful supporting information includes the journal title, ISSN/eISSN, the field in question and a link or reference to an authoritative source.

Editorial content

Explanatory content is written for readers who want to understand journal metrics and research-publishing terminology. We avoid claims that a high metric automatically makes a journal “best,” and we do not use journal-level metrics to assess the quality of individual researchers or articles.