Confucianism is the teachings of Confucius (a style of teaching that many people in China follow, such as philosophy, reforms, poetry and music and belief in education) emphasizing love for humanity, peace, justice, high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors), which influenced the traditional culture of China.
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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