Impact Factor Finder

Tracking since Apr 20, 2026.

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• May 30, 2026
  description

  📚 Impact Factor Finder helps researchers, students, and academics quickly view journal impact factors directly within Google Scholar. No more jumping between tabs or manually searching for rankings — just seamless, on-page insight.
  
  This extension uses a preloaded local dataset of curated journal metrics (2025 edition) to show approximate impact factors next to each publication in Google Scholar profiles. 
  
  Whether you're evaluating journals, screening author profiles, or deciding where to publish, Impact Factor Finder offers a fast, efficient way to gauge publication quality.
  
  🔍 Key Features:
  📊 Displays Impact Factor next to journal names on Scholar profiles
  
  ⚡ Works instantly — no external API calls or login required
  
  🧠 Uses locally stored academic metrics
  
  🔒 Fully private — no user data collection or tracking
  
  🎯 Who It’s For:
  Researchers assessing publication venues
  
  Students evaluating credible sources
  
  Peer reviewers or editors scanning academic profiles
  
  ✅ Why Choose This Extension:
  Saves time and effort when reviewing publications
  
  Easy-to-use interface embedded directly in Google Scholar
  
  No server-side dependencies — fully browser-based
  
  ⚠️ Disclaimer:
  This extension is not affiliated with or endorsed by Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science, or Journal Citation Reports (JCR).
  It uses a manually curated dataset of publicly observed journal metrics for informational and educational purposes only.
  Official Impact Factors may vary and should be verified from authorized sources.

  📚 Impact Factor Finder helps researchers, students, reviewers, editors, and academics quickly view journal impact factor information directly on Google Scholar author profiles.
  
  Instead of manually searching journal rankings in separate tabs, the extension adds journal impact information and profile-level publication analytics directly inside Google Scholar. It uses a preloaded local dataset of curated journal metrics based on the 2025 edition, allowing fast and private on-page analysis without login or external API calls.
  
  ✅ Important Usage Note:
  For best performance, always open Google Scholar profiles using the main .com domain:
  
  https://scholar.google.com/
  
  The extension is designed and tested for scholar.google.com profiles. It may not work properly on regional Google Scholar domains such as scholar.google.cn, scholar.google.ca, scholar.google.co.uk, or other country-specific versions.
  
  🔍 Key Features:
  
  📊 Journal Impact Factor Display
  Shows approximate impact factor values next to matched journal publications on Google Scholar author profiles.
  
  📈 Author Journal Impact Dashboard
  Adds a profile-level dashboard showing:
  • Total Author IF
  • Highest IF Journal with IF value
  • Matched publication records
  • Publisher / venue-family breakdown
  
  🏢 Publisher Analytics
  Provides quick publisher counts for major venue families, including:
  • IEEE
  • Elsevier
  • Springer Nature
  • Wiley
  • ACM
  • MDPI
  • Taylor & Francis
  
  📂 Publisher Details Dropdown
  View a detailed publisher summary including:
  • Publisher / venue family
  • Number of matched papers
  • Total IF contribution
  • Highest IF journal per publisher
  
  ⚡ Fast and Local
  Works instantly using a locally stored journal metrics dataset. No external API calls are required for journal matching.
  
  🔒 Privacy-Friendly
  No user data collection, tracking, account login, or server-side processing. Journal matching is performed locally in the browser.
  
  ☕ Optional Support Development
  The extension includes an optional Support Development button. The core extension remains free to use. Support contributions help maintain updated journal metrics and fund future research productivity features.
  
  🎯 Who It’s For:
  
  • Researchers evaluating academic profiles
  • Students checking journal credibility
  • Supervisors reviewing publication records
  • Peer reviewers and editors scanning author profiles
  • Faculty members preparing appraisal or promotion documentation
  • Research offices and academic departments assessing publication quality
  
  ✅ Why Choose Impact Factor Finder?
  
  • Saves time when reviewing Google Scholar profiles
  • Adds journal-level and author-level publication insight
  • Helps identify high-impact venues quickly
  • Provides publisher-wise publication analytics
  • Fully browser-based and privacy-friendly
  • Simple, lightweight, and easy to use
  
  ⚠️ Disclaimer:
  
  Impact Factor Finder is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Google Scholar, IEEE, Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, ACM, MDPI, or Taylor & Francis.
  
  The extension uses a manually curated dataset of publicly observed journal metrics for informational and educational purposes only. Displayed impact factor values are approximate and may not reflect official Clarivate JCR data. Users should verify official journal metrics from authorized sources before making academic, institutional, or publishing decisions.

• May 30, 2026
  short_description

  Displays Impact Factor next to each publication on Google Scholar profiles.

  Displays Impact Factor and an Author Journal Impact Dashboard with publisher breakdown on Google Scholar profiles.

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https://scholar.google.com/*, https://scholar.google.com.pk/*, https://scholar.google.com.sg/*, https://scholar.google.co.in/*, https://scholar.google.co.uk/*, https://scholar.google.fr/*, https://scholar.google.de/*

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