From how the Impact Factor is calculated to how to choose a target journal: what clinician-authors need to know before they submit.
Checking scope, putting the Impact Factor in perspective, review time, article processing charges, and where to resubmit after a rejection. Five steps to deciding where to submit.
2026-09CiteScore and the Impact Factor both measure how often a journal is cited, yet they use different citation windows and count different article types. Here is how the formulas differ, why the values diverge, and why CiteScore remains little known in Japan.
2026-09The 2-year JIF formula, when it is released, why the numbers differ by an order of magnitude between fields, and what the IF cannot measure — explained for clinicians.
2026-09English-language journals published by Japanese societies and organizations and indexed in the JCR, organized by specialty with their Impact Factors.
2026-09An overview of the metrics you see alongside the Impact Factor — Scopus's CiteScore and SJR, Clarivate's JCI, and the author-level h-index — and how they differ.
2026-09How JCR quartiles are determined, how journals listed in more than one category are handled, the difference between fully open access and hybrid journals, and typical APC ranges.
2026-09Where to find the peer review statistics publishers report, rough guides by field, and how to plan your submission when you are working to a deadline.
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