# journal-if

This skill looks up and compares journal impact factors. Use it when checking a publication venue or assessing an IF value.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 354 installs · ★ 92
- Author: Agents365-ai
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/Agents365-ai/365-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/journal-if/skills/journal-if/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/journal-if

## What it does

The skill runs `journal_if.py` to look up a journal, compare publications, search by subject, or process a file containing journal names. It starts with a bundled CSV cache and falls back to the OpenAlex API when a title is not found. Name matching tolerates small variations, and `--offline` keeps lookups on the local cache.

Results include the journal, its IF, the data year, and the source used. OpenAlex calculates an approximate two-year metric from its own publication classification, so it differs from the official JCR IF. For a formal submission or grant, an OpenAlex result must not be presented as the official JCR value. The skill requires `python3`; online lookups also need access to the OpenAlex API.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Agents365-ai/365-skills --skill journal-if -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/journal-if/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/journal-if/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Agents365-ai/365-skills --skill journal-if -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/journal-if/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Agents365-ai/365-skills --skill journal-if -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/journal-if/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Agents365-ai/365-skills journal-if
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/journal-if/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Agents365-ai/365-skills --skill journal-if -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Agents365-ai/365-skills --path plugins/journal-if/skills/journal-if
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/journal-if/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Agents365-ai/365-skills --skill journal-if -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Agents365-ai/365-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/journal-if/skills/journal-if/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check a journal’s impact factor
- compare IF values across journals
- find journals for a research topic
- process a journal list from a file
- run a cache-only lookup

## Example prompts
- Look up the impact factor for `Nature Medicine`.
- Compare the IF values for `Cell` and `Science`.
- Process `journals.txt` and report each journal’s result.

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