The paper shows the reasons for the institutional evaluation of the
international scientific periodicals. The evaluation factors, criteria, indicators
and quality have been discussed. The development, cease and requirements of
continuity, as well
as contemporary realities are also presented. With some
aspects of the characterization of the qualitative evaluation of journals such as
refereed, prestigious, and authoritative, and review the features of the
development of quantitative digital indicators of periodicals and its
classification, and in particular those supporting factors, to evaluate the
journals in terms of numbers, date of measurement, standards, tools, and
databases, and citation frequency and measurable indicators. Impact factor
and its measurable indicators such as the average impact factor, immediate
indexing, and half-life citation are studied.
