Colostrum is a form of milk which is produced in the mammary glands of the mammals.The colostrum consists of antibodies which protect the newborn from infections and disease conditions. The colostrum provides passive immunity to the newborn. The antibodies includes IgA, IgG and IgM. The impact factor of journal provides quantitative assessment tool for grading, evaluating, sorting and comparing journals of similar kind. It reflects the average number of citations to recent articles published in science and social science journals in a particular year or period, and is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. It is first devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information. The impact factor of a journal is evaluated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years.
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