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Eignefactor

What is an Eigenfactor?

  • A journal level metric co-founded by Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom in 2007.

  • Measures how many people read a journal and consider its contents importance within the scientific community. It is measured by counting the total number of citations of a journal over a five-year period.

For more information visit Eigenfactor.org

What is the Difference Between an Impact Factor and an Eigenfactor?

Impact factor measures the popularity of a journal.

Eignefactor measures the prestige of a journal. The Eignefactor takes information over 5 years and doesn't account for the journal size. 

For a more in depth discussion see the Enago blog: Eigenfactor vs. Impact Factor: How are They Different?

The Eigenfactor can now be found here

  • Eigenfactor.org
  • Web of Science (WOS) Journal Citation Reports (JCR). WOS is only available through UC and limited to Cincinnati Children's Faculty only. Cincinnati Children's Employees do not have access.

 

 

Albert wrote an article "Constructions concerning the fundaments of theoretical physics" in the journal Science. Let's find out what the most current Eigenfactor is for Science.

  • Go to Web of Science (remember access is for Faculty only)
  • Click on Journal Citation Reports at the top of the screen.
  • In the box next to Journal Profile type in a journal title (in this case Science)
    Choose the name of the journal for the auto populated list.
    Remember some journals do not have this information in JCR for a variety of reasons including newer titles.
  • Click Search.
  • Click Search.
  • In the results you will see a table. The Eignefactor is listed on the right side of the results.



The Eigenfactor for Albert's publication in Science is 1.15367 for the year 2015.