ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES
Rank
Journal
2003 Total Cites
Impact Factor
Immediacy Index
2003 Articles
Cited Half-life
1
ETHNIC RACIAL STUD
469
0.712
0.188
48
5.3
2
ETHNIC HEALTH
198
0.744
0.045
22
5.8
3
J BLACK STUD
144
0.107
0
41
8.2
4
RACE CLASS
132
0.524
0.111
18
9.5
5
IDENTITIES-GLOB STUD
98
0.625
0.087
23
6
BLACK SCHOLAR
39
0.097
0
6
7
PATTERNS PREJUDICE
16
0.075
Total Cites
Total Cites is the number of total citations to articles in the journal for the current JCR year.
Impact Factor
The journal
impact factor measures how frequently an
average article
in a journal has been cited in a
particular year. It helps evaluate a journal’s relative importance, compared to others in the same field.
The impact factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the current year to articles publi
shed in the two previous years by the total number of articles published in the two previous years.
Immediacy Index
The journal
Immediacy Index is a measure of how quickly the
average article
in a journal is
cited.
Th
e Immediacy Index tells you how often articles published in a journal are cited within the year they are published.
The Immediacy Index is calculated by dividing the number of citations to articles published in a given
year by the number of articles published in that year.
2003 Articles
The number of articles published in a journal in a particular year or years. Editorials, letters, news ite
ms, and meeting abstracts are not included in
article counts
because they are not generally cited.
Cited Half-Life
The cited half-life is the number of publication years from the current year which account for 50% of
current citations received. This figure helps you to evaluate the age of the majority of cited articles published in a journal. Each journal’s cited half-life is shown in the
Journal Summary List page. Only those journals cited 100 or more times have a cited half-life.