I always though this was the impact factor of a journal. However, according to [1] that is not the case. [2] Mentions the 'eigenfactor' which seems to be closer

I always though this was the impact factor of a journal. However, according to [1] that is not the case. [2] Mentions the 'eigenfactor' which seems to be closer to emulating page-rank. I haven't read much about it though. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor [2] http://researchguides.uic.edu/if/impact http://researchguides.uic.edu/if/impact