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Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, The quality of a research journal is indicated by its impact factor.

Detailed explanation-2: -h-Index is the most rigorous quality indicator of scientific research.

Detailed explanation-3: -One indicator of journal quality is whether it is indexed by any major citation databases and if so, how far back does the indexing date to? MEDLINE is considered among the premier databases for biomedical journals and indexing by MEDLINE is considered as a high quality benchmark for a journal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Impact factor is commonly used to evaluate the relative importance of a journal within its field and to measure the frequency with which the “average article” in a journal has been cited in a particular time period. Journal which publishes more review articles will get highest IFs.

Detailed explanation-5: -The quality and impact of the journal are identified through how widely it is read, how often it is cited, and its perception and image in the community. Various parameters and measures of Journal quality and impact are used such as: Impact Factor, SCImago Journal Rank, Article Influence, and H-Index.