The ISI, JCR impact factor is considered as the best quantitative measure of the quality of a journal and its research papers. Every researcher tries his best to get his research paper published in an impact factor journal but researchers rarely know what is an impact factor? The impact factor is basically a standardized measure of the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI). It measures the way a journal receives citations to its articles over time. It is calculated in such a way that the number of current citations a journal receives to articles published in the two previous years are divided by the number of articles published in those same years. For example, the 2009 impact factor is the citations in 2009 to articles published in 2007 and 2008 divided by the number of articles published in 2007 and 2008. The resulted number is considered as the average number of citations the average article receives per year in the proceeding two years of the publication year.
Chosun University Korea is offering scholarships for international students for 2012 Spring semester. Important dates are as follows: Application Deadline November 30, 2011 Admission Announcement December 30, 2011 Registration Deadline January 31, 2012 First day of class March 2, 2012 You need the following documents for admission: Required Documents 1. Application Form for Graduate School 2. Self Introduction 3. Study Plan 4. Letter of Recommendation 5 . Request for Academic Credentials Verification 6 . Check List for Application Documents 7 D iploma from undergraduate institution(s) 8 . Transcript from undergraduate institution(s) 9 . Di ploma(s) from graduate institution(s) - Doctorate Only 10 . Transcript from graduate institution(s) – Doctorate Only 1 1 . Official certificate of language score(TOEFL, IELTS, TEPS, TOPI...