Journal Impact Factor - Science topic

Dear Sachin Aj See enclosed file for the latest JCR report.

Best regards.

Finally, collaboration with influential researchers, interdisciplinary approaches, and producing timely, relevant research significantly enhance your article's visibility and citations, thus increasing its overall impact factor.

A journal with an impact factor of 7.5 can generally be considered a reputable and high-quality journal, but whether it is classified as a "top" journal depends on the specific field of study. In many disciplines, an impact factor of 7.5 is strong and indicates that the journal is influential within its area, but top-tier journals typically have impact factors that are higher, often in the range of 10 or more, especially in competitive fields like medicine, biology, or physics. However, it's important to consider other factors like the journal's reputation, editorial board, peer-review process, and relevance to your research area when determining its standing.

The top journal (by impact factor) in Chemistry has an impact factor over 52 (but that’s a review journal — the top non-review journal has an impact factor of 30), the top journal in Medicine has an impact factor over 32, the top non-review journal in Mathematics has an impact factor just under 5, as does the top non-review journal in Marine and Freshwater Biology, and the top journal in Psychology and Psycholanalysis has an impact factor of just 0.8.

Impact factors also change over time as different topics become “hot” and as citation practices change.

In any field, an impact factor of 7.5 would be considered very respectable.

Elsevier’s Scopus CiteScore may be a practically more useful journal-based metric than Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Impact Factor (JIF) because it is open and transparent about the background data used to derive the metric and because it confers a metric to Scopus-indexed journals that do not carry a JIF. In this study, we wanted to assess whether the CiteScore and JIF of library and information science (LIS) journals was in any way correlated. Drawing on a sample of 212 LIS journals indexed in Scopus and carrying a CiteScore, the top quartile was compared with 43 top-ranking JIF-carrying LIS journals. The average CiteScore (3.27) of the 43 LIS journals was higher than their average JIF (2.425), indicating different citation patterns in Scopus and Web of Science, respectively. Their CiteScore and JIF showed a strong significant positive correlation (r = 0.787; rs = 0.828). The relationship between CiteScore and JIF is valid between 42.6 and 68.6% of all 43 top-ranked LIS journals.see;

1.Fernandez-Llimos, F. (2018). Differences and similarities between Journal Impact Factor and CiteScore. Pharmacy Practice, 16(2), 1282. https://doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2018.02.1282

2.Krauskopf, E. (2020). Sources without a CiteScore value: More clarity is required. Scientometrics,122(3), 1801–1812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03350-7

3.Okagbue, H.I., Teixeira da Silva, J.A. Correlation between the CiteScore and Journal Impact Factor of top-ranked library and information science journals. Scientometrics 124, 797–801 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03457-x

IF 15.1

Electrochemical Energy Reviews (EER)

IF 28.5

Hello,

International journal of Antenna and Propagation

Progress in electromagnetic research

SN journal (Springer nature)

Open journal of antenna and propagation

Thanks,

But how print journals calculates the impact factor of their journal as the print published papers are not part of any database digital. So really these are predatory?

Astronomy & Astrophysics , Astrophysics & Space science, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (India), Pramana

The following discussions deal with the question of how to find a suitable journal:

And the following discussions contain general recommendations for the publication process:

Dear Vivekanand Kumar

Journals will only have a genuine impact factor if they are indexed in Web of Science core collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), all managed by Clarivate, which can be checked here https://mjl.clarivate.com/home

Take for example the journal you published in Reptiles & Amphibians (ISSN 2332-4961) https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/about If you insert the ISSN number in the search box here https://mjl.clarivate.com/home there are no hits so no impact factor.

If you click on the boxes on the left, it shows that it is indexed in the following WoS indexes Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews and Zoological Record.

Best regards.

PS. If a journal claims an impact factor, then you can check the value of the journal by looking in the so-called JCR report which is updated every year (see enclosed file).

See https://help.researchgate.net/hc/en-us/sections/14292259487377-Stats for explanations.

You can find a response to your question in the following link...

Juan M. Milanesio, Juan Martín Giussi

Hello Arnold Ebuka Irabor

I totally agree with the point by Dr Wolfgang R. Dick that metrics like those used are somewhat unhelpful. I say that from the point of view that my articles that got the most interest (with people calling me by telephone or emailing me) actually never got cited.

In fact, one of my project ideas currently will end up being used for reference ranges in some places after I publish that info for a journal article but will probably not ever get any citations in other journal articles. I do not think it should stop me from carrying out this research.

Dear Shadrack Muvui Muya

I checked your list and found the following:

Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Experimental Therapeutics https://www.bsmiab.org/jabet has no impact factor (since it is not indexed in one of Clarivate’s indices which can be as indicated by Jürgen Weippert checked here https://mjl.clarivate.com/home ) but is indexed in Scopus https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101023926 and is a member of DOAJ https://doaj.org/toc/2616-4760?source=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22terms%22%3A%7B%22index.issn.exact%22%3A%5B%222616-4760%22%5D%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%2C%22size%22%3A100%2C%22sort

The Journal of Phytopharmacology https://www.phytopharmajournal.com mentions in their indexing info no misleading metrics (https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/ ) which is a good sign. Their NAAS indexing is comforting as well since it is a reasonably reliable indexing (https://naas.org.in/NJS/journals2024.pdf )

International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research https://ijaer.in is unfortunately mentioned in the stand-alone version of the Beall’s list (https://beallslist.net/standalone-journals/ ) and their indexing info is full of so-called misleading metrics (https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/ ), most likely a predatory journal

International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis https://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/162/home publisher SciencePG is mentioned in the Beall’s list and is a publisher with ‘issues’ see for example https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_this_publisher-Science_Publishing_Group_USA_credible No serious indexing

International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) https://www.ijsr.net is mentioned in the stand-alone version of the Beall’s list (https://beallslist.net/standalone-journals/ ) No serious indexing

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Research https://www.ajpbr.org/index.php/ajpbr their indexing info https://www.ajpbr.org/index.php/ajpbr/indexes mentions no serious indices

Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JBAH at least they do not mention any misleading metric, their CrossRef membership looks legit

International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJBC mentions no misleading metrics in their indexing info https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJBC/about/abstracting-and-indexing Their Google Scolar indexing claim looks legit

American International Journal of Contemporary Research (AIJCR) http://www.aijcrnet.com/index.php/indexhas no serious indexing

Journal of Biological and Food Science Research no longer active?

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research https://sciendo.com/journal/TRSER a pretty good journal with quite some indices https://sciendo.com/journal/TRSER?content-tab=indexing but no impact factor or Scopus indexing

There are a number of papers published in journals with an impact factor as well:

Scientific Reports https://www.nature.com/srep/ impact factor 3.8 (and indexed in Scopus as well)

Biological Research https://biolres.biomedcentral.com impact factor 4.3 (and indexed in Scopus as well)

Forensic Science International: Genetics https://www.fsigenetics.com impact factor 3.2 (and indexed in Scopus as well)

Rangeland Ecology & Management https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rangeland-ecology-and-management impact factor 2.4 (and indexed in Scopus as well)

East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/teaf20 was published by a trustworthy publisher (no longer active?)

Pachyderm https://pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachyderm/index is indexed in Scopus https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19700180845 impact factor 0.8

Journal of Insect Conservation https://link.springer.com/journal/10841 impact factor 1.9 (and indexed in Scopus)

Journal of Animal Science and Technology used to be published by Springer and nowadays https://www.ejast.org impact factor 2.7 (and indexed in Scopus)

African Journal of Ecology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652028 impact factor 1.1 (and indexed in Scopus)

Conservation Genetics https://link.springer.com/journal/10592 impact factor 2.0 (and indexed in Scopus)

Hope this answers your question.

Best regards.

if you don't mind peer review you could try a preprint repository such as

preprints.org, plos preprints, arxiv.org, or even zenodo

Dear Ijaz Durrani : RG assigns DOIs only for unpublished research, e.g. preprints or unpublished reports, see https://help.researchgate.net/hc/en-us/articles/14293044585745-ResearchGate-DOIs. A DOI does not mean that this is a publication. It is just an identifier for a digital object. Datasets and other digital objects can also have DOIs.

Yes professor Joseph C Lee

Dear Divya Ganesan No access to Clarivate's website (at least not their content which requires license) but do find enclosed the latest JCR Report.

Best regards.

Dear Haneen Wattad

No the journal “Creative Education” https://www.scirp.org/journal/ce/ is not indexed in one of Clarivate’s indexes (ESCI, SCIE or SSCI) which can be checked here https://mjl.clarivate.com/home

Their indexing info https://www.scirp.org/journal/indexing?journalid=136 misleadingly mentioned Web of Science but in reality it only indicates that there are articles published in this journal that are cited by journals that are indexed in WoS.

So, no indexing means no impact factor and quartile assigned by Clarivate.

Best regards.

PS. Unfortunately the publisher behind this journal has a dubious reputation, see for example my reply here https://www.researchgate.net/post/Open_Journal_of_Social_Sciences-predatory_journal

Dear Kangwei Xun

What is the journal (title) you refer to? In general it might be explained by the fact that:

-The indexing is too recent to be included in the latest JCR report

-The journal is put "on hold"

-The journal is listed under a slightly different name

So, I guess it depends.

Best regards.

Molecular Biotechnology(ISSN: 1073-6085),

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants(0974-0430)

Journal of Plant Research(1618-0860)

Tanusree Mookherjee: Journal finders can help you identify specific journals. You can filter them using Scopus source search, SJR, and the Web of Science.

Dear Zeeshan Najam Khan

There is no journal called “Future of Internet”. There is a journal called “Future Internet”. Impact factors are:

Future Internet https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet Impact factor 2.8

Journal of Sensors https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9161/journal-metrics Impact factor 1.4

See also enclosed file.

Best regards.

Dear Parth Trivedi

The journal “Trends in Phytochemical Research” is indeed not indexed in Clarivate’s indexes (ESCI, SCIE) which can be checked here https://mjl.clarivate.com/home

They are however indexed in Scopus https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101053560

Best regards.

PS. Unfortunately I was unable to check further since their homepage mentioned here on SCImago https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21101053560&tip=sid&clean=0 didn’t work for me tonight.

1. Journal of Property Investment & Finance

2. Journal of Property Finance

3. Real Estate Finance

Many SCI journals have valid impact factors and quick publication times, typically around 2 to 3 months. For a detailed list of these fast-publishing SCI journals, including their impact factors, areas of coverage, and publisher information, you can visit the full article on this page:https://researchbrains.com/fast-publishing-sci-journals/ .This resource will help you identify journals suitable for your research based on the specific field and your publication timeline.

Dear Dr. Hussain, Thank You vey much for your guidance regarding this matter. Really appreciate your valuable support.@ Hussain Nizam

Many thanks,

Sumedha

Hii Joseph C Lee

Thank you for getting back to me. I am a PhD Scholar, Working on Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. If you have any journals relevant to my topic, it would greatly help.

As far as the Publication fee is concerned, I am looking for Journals that are convenient for a student to pay for.

Please consider applying for indexing the journal in well-known database (e.g., Web of Science, Scopus). Impact Factor or CiteScore is calculated as a part of those indexing systems.

Dear Vasant M. Wagh

If you search for the journal with ISSN 1614-7499 here https://mjl.clarivate.com/home you see that the journal has been put on hold (see enclosed figure).

Best regards.

PS. According to the so-called early warning list (see enclosed file) this is most likely because they are (like so many other journals) the victim of a paper mill operation.

Dear Benamara Soumia

The journal “MedieKultur” ISSN 1901-9726 (on their website also called "MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research”) is a legit and genuine journal. The good signs are:

-They charge no fee (so certainly not predatory)

-Member of DOAJ

-Scopus indexed https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101046763

-SCImago https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21101046763&tip=sid&clean=0 homepage link refer to https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur

So, a safe choice.

Best regards.

PS. They journal is not indexed in one of Clarivate’s indexes (ESCI, SCIE or SSCI) so no impact factor. But their Scopus indexing means that they do have a CiteScore which is internationally considered as a more or less comparable metric and equally valuable as an impact factor (varies per country though).

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, and IEEE Transactions on Communications have the highest impact factors and the best reputations among the people working in the field.

There are other IEEE journals/magazines that publish tutorials, surveys, and reviews.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering

IF = 4.4

Dear researcher "Frontiers in Remote Sensing" typically refers to the cutting-edge advancements and research areas within remote sensing technology and applications. It encompasses innovative methodologies, new sensor technologies, and novel applications of remote sensing data across various disciplines such as environmental monitoring, urban planning, agriculture, and disaster management. Academic discussions in this field often focus on pushing the boundaries of spatial and spectral resolution, enhancing data fusion techniques, improving accuracy through machine learning and AI, and exploring emerging trends like hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing. This dynamic field plays a crucial role in understanding our planet's dynamics and supporting informed decision-making globally

Jean-Pierre Wigneron

Yes, it is possible. But pls dont name it as mini review because the review of anything means the extract with expert comments.

Hi Dianne. I am lookin the same. I found journals with high Impact Factor, So, with major requirements e.g. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, Heredity, etc. In this link you can find more, https://doaj.org/

Slds!

Dear Sartra Wongthanavasu Have a look at the enclosed file. Is this what you are looking for?

Best regards.

Thank you Joseph C Lee sir for your answer. But I still have a doubt:

Typically, a journal displays its current impact factor or 5-year impact factor on its homepage. This can make it challenging to convince others that I published a paper in a journal with an impact factor of 8.3, as they will see the updated impact factor of 5.9 when they visit the journal's metrics page.

Thanks a lot Dr. Hari Prasad Devkota for providing updates.

Dear Yassine Messaoud,

There are very many journal impact factors (at least 35). The most recent figures available are, of course, those for 2023 (the 2024 figures won't be available until mid-2025).

What most people mean by journal impact factor is the JIF produced by Clarivate Analytics based on the Web of Science database. You can get the JIF values from Clarivate but I'll attach here an Excel list (the 2023 values) and a pdf (the 2022 values).

CiteScore is a journal impact factor produced by Elsevier and based on the Scopus database. CiteScore values are at https://www.scopus.com/sources. Also based on the Scopus database but calculated differently are the impact factors on the site www.scimagojr.com. These are the Scimago journal importance indices.)

The different journal impact factors do not always correlated and it is never wise to base choice of a journal on only one impact factor.

The h-index does not depend on the impact factors of the journals in which you published. An h-index of 3 means that you have 3 papers with at least 3 citations. To increase the h-index by 1, you have to have 4 papers with at least 4 citations. You published several papers in 2024, and these will be cited in the course of next years. Please note also that very often the list of citations found by ResearchGate's automated algorithm is incomplete.

See also these discussions:

Wonder if it is because of the Covid-related articles which caused a spike in IF in the last 2 years. Now it just started to normalize to the pre-pandemic value.

Q1. The Monthly Changes Archive provided by Clarivate includes information on journals that have been added or removed from various indexes, including the Science Citation Index (SCI) and the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE).

Go to https://mjl.clarivate.com/collection-list-downloads and look for the "Monthly Changes".

Q2. You need a Web of Science subscription to access the coverage lists downloads.

Dear José Antonio Roldán-Nofuentes

I am afraid they are delisted from Clarivate’s SCIE index.

WoS is updated monthly https://clarivate.com/products/scientific-and-academic-research/research-discovery-and-workflow-solutions/webofscience-platform/web-of-science-core-collection/editorial-selection-process/editorial-policies-category-change-requests-and-appeals-process/ and the changes are reported in their so-called “Monthly Changes Archive” https://mjl.clarivate.com/collection-list-downloads

In the enclosed file you see the journal “Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering” is delisted or more precise it states “Editorial delisting” this means and I quote from the first link “If a journal is removed from coverage because it no longer meets the quality criteria, it will be removed from the Master Journal List and appear as an ‘Editorial De-listing’ in the next Monthly Changes file available from the Monthly Changes Archive.”.

I think it has to do with the suspicious increase in published papers the last two years (as can be seen in for example the “Scpous Content Coverage” here https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/5200152802 ). Most likely this is caused by the excessive use of special issues which has been the cause of a large number of journal titles last year, see for example https://www.researchgate.net/post/Web_of_Science_de-listed_82_journals_Is_it_the_beginning

Best regards.

See enclosed file.

Dear Mohamed S. Gaballah Have a look at the enclosed file.

Best regards.

Here is the excel file with search option

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Try for high impact even if you have to pay. You will never regret the cost :)

Have you contacted your University Library? If they don't have access they may be able to use their networks to get the information you need. BW Matt

Individual papers do not have an "impact factor". Journal impact factor is, as the name states, a journal-level metric. A brief read of: https://researchguides.uic.edu/if/impact and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor should help explain some particulars of how this measurement is calculated, interpreted and (mis)used.

Perhaps you are thinking of Citation Impact, which is still an author-level metric, not paper-level: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_impact.

The impact factor is for journals, not for individual papers, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor.

Why there is no journal name after row 14.695 14.612 15.419?

See Rob Keller's answer here:

I run my own think tank: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380427514_Kalergi_and_Hart-Cellerand_Memetics_White_Antifragility

Dear Anubhuti Dixit

The journal “microPublication Biology” has no impact factor. For this they need to be indexed in Clarivate’s ESCI or SCIE and they are not, you can check here https://mjl.clarivate.com/home

Still in a number of cases it might be interesting to publish here https://www.micropublication.org click on “About” and then on “What Should You microPublish?”

For sure it is a trusted organization behind this one.

Best regards.

Thanks

Dear Sheikh Sunzid Ahmed

The journal “Bioinformatics and Biology Insights” is nowadays published by a trusted publisher and therefor you can trust the info stated on their indexing info (https://journals.sagepub.com/metrics/BBI ).

The ‘confusion’ about the impact factor is due to the changed status of an ESCI indexed journal. Since 2023 they receive an impact factor https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-announces-changes-to-the-2023-journal-citation-reports/ This a well-indexed and good journal.

I see only one disadvantage: the APC is quite high 2650 USD according to

But the answer to your question is yes they an impact factor.

Best regards.

PS. Unfortunately there is no real (publicly available) list of impact factors of ESCI list. Apparently Clarivate managed to protect this (paid) info better than previous years. Although the info is (most of the time) correct I do not trust the BioxBio site, this info is protected property of Clarivate and no contact info can be found about who is behind this site.

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Debtosh Patra Arizaldo Enriquez Castro Thank you so much for your answers!

Kind regards,

Wissal Chebil

Waste Management & Research had many articles on organic waste management and analysis, but so did Elseviers Waste Management. Good luck, Ulphard

https://www.scopus.com/sources.uri

Above is the link to the Scopus-source list. But the IF cannot be accessed without Web of Science subscription. One more thing to keep in mind is that not all Scopus-indexed journals have Impact Factor (IF). However, Scopus does provide CiteScore, an IF-like grading system for different journals indexed in the Scopus database. If you search by journal name or ISSN to see whether a particular journal indexed by Scopus is also indexed by WoS, then only you will get its IF.

Dear Raana Afzal

Stay away from this journal "Migration Letters". I see many issues:

-They were Scopus indexed https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21000195021 but are now discontinued and the Scopus content coverage stopped somewhere in 2022

-In my reply of Janauary 20th 2024 here https://www.researchgate.net/post/Should_articles_published_in_MDPI_journals_be_excluded_in_the_assessment_of_the_scientific_production_Is_this_already_happening_in_your_country/39I wrote: “…(if you click on Scopus content coverage then you can see that) in 2023 the number of accepted and published papers increased a staggering 15-fold compared to the years before 2023.” This is often a reason for discontinuation

-The publisher seems to be that no longer the reasonably trusted “Transnational Press London” https://www.tplondon.com/about-tpl/ According to https://migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/article/view/2914/2138 the new owner is “Emerging Research Library” and if you scroll down here https://migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/indexthe new ‘publisher’ is called “Migration Letters & The London Publishers”

-The suspicious increase is (in part) explained by publishing completely unrelated papers, like for example the following paper https://migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/article/view/3548 which nothing whatsoever to do with the scope of the journal

I think that either the journal is hijacked or more likely it has been sold and is now managed by people with no other purpose than to collect money as much as possible by exploiting their (no longer existing) Scopus indexing as long as possible.

Personally I would avoid this one. And be sure they are not indexed in Scopus and they don't have an impact factor (since they are not indexed in Clarivate's indexes (ESCI, SCIE or SSCI).

Best regards.

UPDATE on Frontiers in Earth Observation and Land Monitoring!

An important change has occurred: prior to its launch, Frontiers in Earth Observation and Land Monitoring has been merged with Frontiers in Remote Sensing, and I'm the new Field Chief Editor of the journal, with the goal of making it a leading journal in the field of remote sensing.

Notably, four new thematic sections will be added to Frontiers in Remote Sensing (Terrestrial Water Cycle, Terrestrial Carbon Cycle, Land Use Change, and Extreme Events/Climate), making the journal much more visible for applications of remote sensing.

On the occasion of this merging, we have some waivers for free publications

Please contact me at jean-pierre.wigneron@inrae.fr

Thank you!

Hello Dr Jennifer Hachiya

I think you are pursuing a valid path and it is important not to be discouraged at this point. It is very natural to be discouraged.

One senior researched said to me many years ago with regard to a paper we had written but had been rejected by two different journals: "It is good work; don't worry, it belongs in a journal; it will definitely get published eventually; just keep trying".

I think this situation also highlights it is very important to find a suitable journal that fits in well with your work. This is discussed further in webpages such as this:

Concerning funding, you may find useful suggestions in these discussions:

Dear H. K. S. Madusanka As indicated by Jürgen Weippert there are hardly any genuine (and indexed) open access journals that charge an APC lower than let's say 200 euro.

However there are some journals that charge nothing (diamond oen access journals), see for a list the following question here on RG:

If there are open access journals that do not charge 1500+ euro's and claim to be indexed you can check them here: (for Clarivate's indexing in ESCI, SCIE or SSCI index) or here: (for Scopus indexing).

Best regards.

@ Aryan Shahabian Impact factors can be found in Journal Citation Reports.

To publish a paper in the most easily seen or most needed journal, OA is good, but it is more important to pay attention to whether it is a hardcore journal, which is more important than IF.

Dear Dr Vandana Gupta The term “impact score” is meaningless and if used is wrong. There are basically only two metrics related to impact:

For more info see for example https://uark.libguides.com/c.php?g=78889&p=6844222#:~:text=CiteScore%20calculation%20is%20based%20on,editorials%2C%20conference%20papers%2C%20etc. where they state: “CiteScore calculation is based on Scopus data, while Impact Factor is based on Web of Science data. CiteScore uses a 3-year window while Impact Factor adopts a 2-year window.”

Best regards.

PS. For more (misleading) metrics (often used by predatory journals) see: https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/

Yes, they can be indexed.