最近，汤森路透发布一份白皮书，THE STATE OF JOURNAL EVALUATION。全文下载：State of Journal Evaluation.pdf

   报告第一段：

How can young researchers seeking to make their mark on the world best decide where to publish? How can researchers be certain that their work will achieve the highest possible visibility and influence?

For the last four decades, the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has offered an answer - the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR), a compendium of metrics for gauging the influence of scientific and scholarly journals.

   我们可以清楚地看出：影响因子（JCR发布的）的初衷，是帮助年轻的研究者发现合适的投稿期刊。当然，其手段是通过多种指标评价期刊。注意：

   1.这是评价期刊，不是评价文章；

   2.是多指标，不仅仅是影响因子一个指标。

   有兴趣的朋友，尤其是科研管理、文献情报相关的，可以仔细阅读全文。