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Journal Metrics Tools

Journal Metrics Demystified: A resource from Wiley explaining how Journal Metrics are calculated

SciLit Database Rankings: A frequently updated comprehensive aggregator of scientific literature rankings
Google Scholar Metrics: Publication rankings that can be filtered by subject
CWTS Journal Indicators:  Provides free access to bibliometric indicators on scientific journals. The indicators have been calculated by Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) based on the Scopus bibliographic database produced by Elsevier. Indicators are available for over 20,000 journals indexed in the Scopus database.
Journal Citation Reports: Citation data from 11,000+ scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 80 countries. Includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences. Shows the most frequently cited journals in a field; highest impact journals in a field; and largest journals in a field.