journal-metrics-guide
Understand journal impact factors, h5-index, CiteScore, and SJR
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-metrics-guide --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Journal Metrics Guide A skill for understanding, comparing, and responsibly using journal-level metrics including Impact Factor, CiteScore, SJR, SNIP, h5-index, and Eigenfactor. Covers where to find each metric, how they are calculated, their limitations, and how to select appropriate journals for submission. ## Overview of Major Metrics ### Metric Comparison | Metric | Provider | Formula Basis | Window | Free? | |--------|----------|--------------|--------|-------| | Impact Factor (JIF) | Clarivate (JCR) | Citations to articles / citable items | 2 years | No | | 5-Year IF | Clarivate (JCR) | Same, extended window | 5 years | No | | CiteScore | Scopus/Elsevier | Citations / documents | 4 years | Yes | | SJR | Scopus/SCImago | Prestige-weighted citations | 3 years | Yes | | SNIP | Scopus/CWTS | Citation potential normalized | 3 years | Yes | | h5-index | Google Scholar | h-index of articles published in last 5 years | 5 years | Yes | | Eigenfactor | Clarivate | Network citation influence | 5 years | Yes | ## How Key Metrics Are Calculated ### Journal Impact Factor ``` JIF (2024) = Citations in 2024 to articles published in 2022-2023 ------------------------------------------------
- Overview of Major Metrics
- Metric Comparison
- How Key Metrics Are Calculated
- Journal Impact Factor
- CiteScore
- SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
- Finding Journal Metrics
- Free Sources
- Subscription Sources
- Responsible Use of Metrics
- Limitations and Pitfalls
- Choosing a Journal for Submission
- Predatory Journal Detection
What does the journal-metrics-guide skill do?
Understand journal impact factors, h5-index, CiteScore, and SJR
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-metrics-guide --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.