Modeling and Simulation Analysis of Journal Impact Factor Dynamics Based on Submission and Citation Rules

Table 1

Model parameters, baseline values, variation intervals, and step of variation for probabilistic sensitivity analysis.

No.	Parameter				Average gap	Average JIF gap
	Notation	Description	Baseline and variation intervals	Step of variation
1		Horizontal translation of the curve in equation (5)	40 [10, 100]	10	0.4	8
2		Overall shape of the curve in equation (5)	10 [5, 20]	5	0.1	1
3		Overall shape of the curve in equation (6)	7 [2, 10]	1	0.2	1
4		Average review time (months)	10 [2, 20]	2	0.3	6
5		Average number of references	30 [5, 60]	5	0.3	6

Bold values indicate best performance.