About this app

Make every journal shortlist faster. Journal Impact Factor gives researchers, students, clinicians, librarians, and editors a fast offline way to search and compare journal metrics before submitting a manuscript. Search by title or ISSN across 20,449 journals. Open a journal to see impact factor, 5-year impact factor, JCR quartile, CAS block, publisher, ISSNs, category, region, and rank context. Add favorites for journals you track. Build a comparison list when you need to choose between target journals. Why it is useful - Works offline after install - Fast search with forgiving title and ISSN matching - Side-by-side journal comparison - Top 100 and Explore views for discovery - Favorites and recent history for repeated research work - No account required Use Journal Impact Factor when preparing a manuscript, checking a grant or promotion packet, supporting library questions, or reviewing a journal's fit before submission.

Latest release

What’s New

Version 2.0 Jun 12, 2026

Version 2.0 turns Journal Impact Factor into a full offline journal-metrics workspace. - Added Explore, Compare, Favorites, and Top 100 views - Search 20,449 journals locally with faster results - Open richer journal detail pages with impact factor, 5-year IF, quartile, CAS block, ISSN, publisher, category, region, and rank context - Compare journals side by side before choosing a submission target - Improved favorite migration for journals that share an ISSN - Added clearer error handling if the local metrics dataset is unavailable

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