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(1) The are no rules on how you present the journal rank. The only thing is to convince the officer that the journal is good in a way he/she will understand and accept. It is possible that they may already be familiar with the impact factor, but it won't hurt if you emphasize on the citing of...

why would you want to do that? You can get all of these information from third party souce. For example, you can get the impact factor of the journal and its rank (both overall and in its subgroup) from "Journal Citation Report". You can get its circulation from database such as WorldCat...

eb1doc is absolutely right. Impact factor is used to show the journal is good. You have to show that your paper is good based on "citation of your paper". I definitely notice this when reading all the previous decisions.

Apologies for the late reply. Here are the answers: (1) I used WorldCat database for the circulation of journals. Most universities will have it through their library website. This database lists information of journals and books, including how many libraries worldwide that subscribe the...

Got THE email today (submitted June 16, 2005). Not going to need it anymore since I am leaving the country in March. But I have learned so much from the fellows here and promised myself that I will post my experience if got approved. So here it is. About myself: (1) Ph.D., Materials Science...