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No examples?

This entire article features nary a single example. What is a good impact factor? What is a typical one? There isn't even a number listed anywhere I can see. This isn't useful to people trying to understand this as an evaluation. TricksterWolf (talk) 14:21, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to learn this, too 173.222.1.163 (talk) 02:10, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What you're asking is difficult to do as IFs vary in different fields. An IF of 3.0 is stellar in mathematics, but very mediocre in oncology, for example. --Randykitty (talk) 06:47, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]