Immediacy index

Immediacy index

An immediacy index is a measure of how topical and urgent work published in a scientific journal is. Along with the better known impact factor measure, it is a calculated each year by the Institute for Scientific Information for those journals which it indexes; both impact factors and immediacy indices are published annually in the "Journal Citation Reports".

Calculation

The immediacy index is calculated based on the papers published in a journal in a single calendar year.For example, the 2005 immediacy index for a journal would be calculated as follows:

: "A" = the number of times articles published in 2005 were cited in indexed journals during 2005: "B" = the number of articles, reviews, proceedings or notes published in 2005

: 2005 immediacy index = "A"/"B"

As with the impact factor, there are some nuances to this: ISI excludes certain article types (such as news items, correspondence, and errata) from the denominator.


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