Abstracting and Indexing

Agribusiness and Integrated Farming System Journal is indexed or abstracted by the following:

  • Crossref DOI (Click Here)
  • Garuda (Click Here)
  • BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) (Click Here)
  • Google Scholar (Click Here) (Citations Link)
  • Dimensions (Click Here)
  • WorldCat Discovery Services (Click Here)
  • PKP Index (Click Here)
  • ROAD (Click Here)

CiteScore

The CiteScore of Agribusiness and Integrated Farming System Journal is calculated as: 0.0 (Click Here for more information).

Impact Factor

Several journal metrics are calculated. The first metric is an alternative impact factor based on Google Scholar citation counts.

The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) commonly referred to is the proprietary journal impact factor from Thomson Reuters, calculated based on the Web of Science (WOS) and published in the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR). This metric is referred to as the JCR®JIF.

DOAJ states:

“There is only one official, universally recognized impact factor that is generated by Thomson Reuters; it is a proprietary measure run by a profit-making organization. It runs against the ethics and principles of open access.”

Currently, Agribusiness and Integrated Farming System Journal does not have a JCR®JIF, but instead uses an alternative Google Scholar-based impact factor.

Today, many readers access articles from Agribusiness and Integrated Farming System Journal through Google Scholar. No other open or proprietary database directs as many readers to journal articles as Google Scholar. Therefore, Google Scholar is considered a meaningful and openly accessible source for journal metric calculation.

For this reason, Agribusiness and Integrated Farming System Journal calculates its own Impact Factor based on Google Scholar citation counts. The calculation follows the Thomson Reuters (TR) algorithm published at:

http://wokinfo.com/essays/impact-factor

In short, Agribusiness and Integrated Farming System Journal calculates a 2-year Google-based Journal Impact Factor (2-GJIF).

Example of 2-GJIF Calculation

With respect to all articles from this journal for the respective year:

  • A = Total citations in 2019 = 43
  • B = 2018 citations to articles published in 2014–2018 = 60
  • C = Number of articles published in 2016–2017 = 103

Formula:

2-GJIF = A / B

Example calculation:

184 / 373 = 0.716
(TR algorithm, Google citations, data December 2019)

Journal Self-Citation

Journal self-citations are citations to articles published within the same journal. A self-citation rate below 20% is generally considered acceptable.

A higher self-citation rate may indicate:

  • A highly specialized or novel journal topic, or
  • Excessive self-citation practices

Important Notes Regarding 2-GJIF

Please interpret the 2-GJIF carefully:

  1. Due to differences in underlying databases, the 2-GJIF cannot be directly compared with the JCR®2-JIF.
  2. Journals from different disciplines should not be compared solely based on JIF values.
  3. Journals in fundamental sciences generally have higher impact factors than journals in applied or specialized fields.
  4. Journal metrics should not be used to assess individual authors.

For individual article evaluation, please refer to article-level metrics such as:

  • Number of citations from Google Scholar
  • Number of citations from CrossRef