Association Between Journal Citation Distribution and Impact Factor

Journal topic citation potential and between-field comparisons: The topic normalized impact factor

The journal impact factor is not comparable among fields of science and social science because of systematic differences in publication and citation behaviour across disciplines. In this work, a source normalization of the journal impact factor is proposed. We use the aggregate impact factor of the citing journals as a measure of the citation potential in the journal topic, and we employ this c...

The 2011 Journal Citation Reports and the impact factor of the Journal of Applied Oral Science

On June 28th, Thomson Reuters released the 2011 Journal Citation Reports. As all of you could notice, the impact factor of the Journal of Applied Oral Science decreased from 0.966 to 0.575 as compared to the 2010 edition. We were obviously frustrated and surprised with this outcome, but after a thorough analysis of the 81 journals in the Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine category, we observed ...

Impact maturity times and citation time windows: The 2-year maximum journal impact factor

Journal metrics are employed for the assessment of scientific scholar journals from a general bibliometric perspective. In this context, the Thomson Reuters journal impact factors (JIF) are the citation-based indicators most used. The 2-year journal impact factor (2-JIF) counts citations to one and two year old articles, while the 5-year journal impact factor (5-JIF) counts citations from one t...

Journal Self-Citation XXII: On the Journal Impact Factor - A Historical Perspective

Who ever said size doesn't matter? The association between journal title length and impact factor