Content Factor

Content Factor is a metric of journal citation, intended to improve on the better known Impact Factor. It is defined as the total number of citations in a given year to all of the papers previously published in the journal. The Content Factor is reported in kilo-cites (the total number of citations divided by 1000) to present units comparable in magnitude to those typically reported for Impact Factor.
Impact Factor has been criticized for a number of reasons.
To remedy Impact Factor’s emphasis on recent citations, Content Factor considers the total number of citations, regardless of the year in which the cited paper was published.
To correct for Impact Factor’s emphasis on efficiency, no denominator is employed.
Both of these steps minimize the steps a journal's editor can take to artificially augment the journal's score.
According to one study, "Content Factor better reflects a journal’s importance."<ref name=Cfactor/>

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