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The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as indexed by Clarivate's Web of Science.
The word "paper" is etymologically derived from papyrus, Ancient Greek for the Cyperus papyrus plant. Papyrus is a thick, paper-like material produced from the pith of the Cyperus papyrus plant which was used in ancient Egypt and other Mediterranean societies for writing long before paper was used in China. [1]
The most-cited paper in history is a paper by Oliver Lowry describing an assay to measure the concentration of proteins. [13] By 2014 it had accumulated more than 305,000 citations. The 10 most cited papers all had more than 40,000 citations. [14] To reach the top-100 papers required 12,119 citations by 2014. [14]
Journal ranking is widely used in academic circles in the evaluation of an academic journal's impact and quality. Journal rankings are intended to reflect the place of a journal within its field, the relative difficulty of being published in that journal, and the prestige associated with it.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 2.411, ranking it 46th out of 85 journals in the category "Geography". [2] Every year, the journal publishes a special section with papers that were finalists for the J. Warren Nystrom Award, given to the best paper based upon a recent dissertation in geography. [3]
Its other official journals are The Professional Geographer, AAG Review of Books, GeoHumanities, and African Geographical Review. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 2.756, ranking it 8th out of 77 journals in the category "Geography".
The journal "publishes research, instructional approaches and book reviews on innovative approaches to geography research, teaching, and learning." [ 2 ] The editor in chief, As of 2021 [update] is Meredith Marsh of Lindenwood University, USA [ 3 ] It has an Impact factor of 1.262 for 2019 [ 4 ]
The journal's founding editor was Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University) and the current Editor-in-Chief is Reuben Rose-Redwood (University of Victoria). According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 8.2, ranking it 2nd out of 172 journals in the category "Geography."