Published at October 26th, 2025 Last updated 8 days ago

Journal metrics for assessments

Metrics available:

  • BFI: 
    • BFI journal level
  • JUFO:
    • JUFO Journal metrics

Updating metrics:

  • BFI:
    • BFI assessment module is required
    • BFI journal level can be added to journals using the job "BFI Journal Synchronisation" (Administrator → Cron jobs → BFI Journal Synchronisation)
    • Before running the job, a BFI certificate needs to be added (Administrator → BFI → Settings → API certificate)
  • JUFO:
    • JUFO journal level can be added to journals using the job "Import Metrics From Julkaisufoorumi (JUFO)" (Administrator → Cron jobs → Import Metrics From Julkaisufoorumi (JUFO))
    • Matching on journal is based on ISSN
    • (Notice, this job will also import JUFO metrics to Publishers)

Available in Pure:

  • BFI:
    • The BFI levels are stored on the Journal editor.
    • The rating is shown in the short renderer of a journal (eg. for searching for a journal to add to a Research Output)
    • The rating is shown on the BFI tab of the Research Output template
  • JUFO:
    • The JUFO levels are stored on the Journal editor.
    • The rating is shown in the short renderer of a journal (eg. for searching for a journal to add to a Research Output)

Pure portal:

  • BFI:
    • BFI levels are not available in Pure portal
  • JUFO:
    • JUFO levels are not available in Pure portal

Available in reporting:

  • BFI:
    • BFI Journal rating is available for reporting
  • JUFO:
    • JUFO levels are currently not available for reporting

Further information:

  • BFI:
    • Den bibliometriske forskningsindikator
  • JUFO:
    • 5.8.0 Release notes: see 6.7. Finland : JUFO : Introducing the Finnish national metric for publishers and journals