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Journal Metrics

The databases listed here also provide basic statistics like number of articles published per year, number of citations to the journal each year, and number of references made each year. 

Eigenfactor, Article Influence
Similar to the 5-Year Journal Impact Factor, but weeds out journal self-citations.  It also, unlike the Journal Citation Reports impact factor, cuts across both the hard sciences and the social sciences

Provides h5-index and h5-median.
h5-index:
This metric is based on the articles published by a journal over 5 calendar years. h is the largest number of articles that have each been cited h times. A journal with an h5-index of 43 has published, within a 5-year period, 43 articles that each have 43 or more citations.This metric is based on the articles published by a journal over 5 calendar years. h is the largest number of articles that have each been cited h times. A journal with an h5-index of 43 has published, within a 5-year period, 43 articles that each have 43 or more citations.

You can use the Journal Analyzer to compare up to 10 Scopus sources on a variety of parameters: SJR, SNIP, citations, documents, and percentage of documents not cited.

Journal Impact Factors Guide

Journal Impact Factors Guide (including how to find impact factors using ISI's Web of Science Journal Citation Reports)