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

Table 2

Average JIF under different parameter combination conditions.

No.	Average JIF	Minimum, baseline, and maximum of parameters					Illustration
		1	14.468 (max)	10 (min)	5 (min)	2 (min)		2 (min)	60 (max)	Figure 11(a)
2	6.175	40 (baseline)	10 (baseline)	7 (baseline)	2 (min)	60 (max)	Figure 11(b)
3	2.333	100 (max)	20 (max)	10 (max)	2 (min)	60 (max)	Figure 11(c)
4	7.655	10 (min)	5 (min)	2 (min)	10 (baseline)	30 (baseline)	Figure 12(a)
5	4.224 (baseline)	40 (baseline)	10 (baseline)	7 (baseline)	10 (baseline)	30 (baseline)	Figure 12(b)
6	2.649	100 (max)	20 (max)	10 (max)	10 (baseline)	30 (baseline)	Figure 12(c)
7	1.948	10 (min)	5 (min)	2 (min)	20 (max)	5 (min)	Figure 13(a)
8	0.881	40 (baseline)	10 (baseline)	7 (baseline)	20 (max)	5 (min)	Figure 13(b)
9	0.382 (min)	100 (max)	20 (max)	10 (max)	20 (max)	5 (min)	Figure 13(c)

Bold values indicate best performance.