Is there a need for a new journal metric? Correlations between JCR Impact Factor metrics and the Journal Citation Indicator—JCI

Google Scholar journal metrics: Comparison with impact factor and SCImago journal rank indicator for nuclear medicine journals

Introduction: In the current study, we compared h5-index provided by Google Scholar (GS), impact factor (IF) provided by web of sciences (WOS), and SCImago journal rank indicator (SJR) provided by SCOPUS for quality assessment of nuclear medicine journals. Methods: 2013 h5-index, 2012 IF, and 2011 SJR of nuclear medicine journals were extracted from their publishers namely GS, WOS, and SCOPUS....

The journal Impact Factor and alternative metrics

J ournal impact factors (JIFs) have become a widely used tool to judge the quality of scientific journals and single publications. JIFs are calculated by the scientific division of Thomson Reuters and published annually in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). At first, the JCR’s origin was guided by the needs of librarians who wanted to use a quantitative method to select journals for their hold...

does the world need a new journal?

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

Is there a need for a new journal devoted to preventive medicine?

It is axiomatic that there has never been so much research productivity as in the present time. Not only are there more trained scientists alive and productive today than at any other point in history, but the last 25 years have also brought ever increasing gains in the speed and quantity of information delivery and in our ability to store scientific knowledge electronically. This is certainly ...