A measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in an academic journal, used as an approximation of the relative importance of a journal within its field.

(law) Testimony, either oral or written, provided during a proceeding in a court of law which describes the harmful effects produced by the actions of an accused or convicted party and suffered by the victim or others, offered especially for consideration by the court in deciding an appropriate punishment.

plural of impact area

(US, economics) A region that is eligible to receive impact aid funding.

(US, economics) Money provided by the government to school districts that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt Federal property, or have experienced increased expenditure due to the enrollment of federally connected children, including children living on Native American lands.

(exercise) That does not place harmful stresses on the body. / (ecology) That seeks to minimize possible environmental impact.

(exercise) That places a great deal of harmful stresses on the body. / (of plastic, rubber, and similar materials) Capable of withstanding great physical impact.

plural of impact statement

plural of impact resistance

A test of the impact strength of a material, used to determine its relative ductility or brittleness. The test is executed by swinging a large, heavy hammer on a pendulum from a predetermined height. The hammer fractures the material sample, usually a block of a certain size with a notch cut in it. The height to which the pendulum swings is used to calculate the energy necessary to fracture the sample.