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The FASEB Journal • Life Sciences Forum Comparison of SCImago journal rank indicator with journal impact factor
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@MISC{Falagas_thefaseb,
author = {Matthew E. Falagas and Vasilios D. Kouranos and Ricardo Arencibia-jorge and Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos},
title = {The FASEB Journal • Life Sciences Forum Comparison of SCImago journal rank indicator with journal impact factor},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The application of currently available sophisticated algorithms of citation analysis allows for the incorporation of the “quality ” of citations in the evaluation of scientific journals. We sought to compare the newly introduced SCImago journal rank (SJR) indicator with the journal impact factor (IF). We retrieved relevant information from the official Web sites hosting the above indices and their source databases. The SJR indicator is an open-access re-source, while the journal IF requires paid subscrip-tion. The SJR indicator (based on Scopus data) lists considerably more journal titles published in a wider variety of countries and languages, than the journal IF (based on Web of Science data). Both indices divide citations to a journal by articles of the journal,
