Wikipedia can guide you to the journal or publisher web site where you are more likely to find the information you need to complete this assignment. While Wikipedia shouldn't be the ONLY place you search, it can be a good place to begin.
In some BVU databases, particularly the Sage or Ebsco databases, you can locate a lot of information about the journal within the database itself. Of course, journal and publisher web sites remain probably the best option.
The reputation of a journal or a journal publisher can be difficult for a student to determine. In general, if your journal is included in a BVU Library database, you can assume that it has a fairly good reputation. Lots of people have agreed to include that journal and its articles in their database.
If you use Google or Google Scholar to find your article, you'll need to do a little more work to insure your journal is reputable. Google is more concerned about capturing ALL information. Inclusion in Google does not mean the source has been evaluated for quality.
It may surprise you to learn that there are journal publishers considered "bad actors" or "predatory." These publishers may overcharge authors who are desperate to get their research published. Or they might claim to be a peer-reviewed journal, but don't use peer review "best practices." Or they might hijack a title for their journal that is very close to the title of a highly respected journal and hope to fool authors who are desperate to publish.
Make sure your journal publisher and/or journal titles doesn't appear on this list!
Competition in publishing?
Every journal wants to be considered the TOP journal in their field. Impact factor is one way to measure the influence and prestige of a journal How many people read the articles they publish? How many CITE those articles in their own research? IMPACT FACTOR (IF) was born.
This web page from Taylor & Francis (a journal publisher) gives you information on all types of journal metrics. It also discusses the pros and cons for each type of journal metric. No one metric can capture the quality or influence of any one journal, but in general higher numbers are better and being in the top quartile (or top 25%) of journals that are comparable to your own is where publishers hope their journals score consistently.
The best place to find journal metrics is on the publisher's web page for that journal. Dig around!