The impact
factor of genome-engineering journal is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent
articles published in the journal. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with
journals with higher impact factors deemed to be more important than those with lower ones. The impact
factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information genome-engineering Impact factors are calculated yearly starting from 2013 for those
journals that are
indexed in the Journal Citation Reports. A journal can adopt editorial policies to increase its impact factor. For example,
journals may publish a larger percentage of review
articles which generally are cited more than research reports. Thus review
articles can raise the impact
factor of the journal and review
journals will therefore often have the highest impact factors in their respective fields.
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