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Judging Evidence Quality
Impact factor vs. quartile
A common point of confusion: impact factor is a single numeric score, quartile (Q1 to Q4) is a ranked position relative to other journals in the same subject category, a journal's raw impact factor number means little without knowing its field's typical range.
In context
You'll usually need this when comparing two journals' impact factors without knowing whether their fields are even comparable.