Objective(s): Citation tracking is an important method to analyze the scientific impact of journal articles and can be done through Scopus (SC), Google Scholar (GS), or ISI web of knowledge (WOS). In the current study, we analyzed the citations to 2011-2012 articles of Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences (IJBMS) in these three resources.   Material and Methods: The rel...

journal performance metrics are designed to help users know the best journals in different scientific fields. in this article, some journals indexed in isc database are compared using scopus and isc performance indicators. the scopus journal analyzer uses snip and sjr as alternatives for if which consider citation analysis differently. new performance indicators consider differences in citation...

I discuss a neglected solution to the skeptical problem introduced by Lewis Carroll’s “What Tortoise Said Achilles” (1895) in terms of self-citational inferential license. then consider some responses this solution. The most significant response on behalf skeptic utilizes familiar distinction between two ways accepting rule: as action-guiding and mere truth. argue that is ultimately unsatisfact...