Annual Journal citation indices: a comparative study
A Khaleque, A Chatterjee, P Sen - arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05070, 2016 - arxiv.org
A Khaleque, A Chatterjee, P Sen
arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05070, 2016•arxiv.orgWe study the statistics of citations made to the indexed Science journals in the Journal
Citation Reports during the period 2004-2013 using different measures. We consider
different measures which quantify the impact of the journals. To our surprise, we find that the
apparently uncorrelated measures, even when defined in an arbitrary manner, show strong
correlations. This is checked over all the years considered. Impact factor being one of these
measures, the present work raises the question whether it is actually a nearly perfect index …
Citation Reports during the period 2004-2013 using different measures. We consider
different measures which quantify the impact of the journals. To our surprise, we find that the
apparently uncorrelated measures, even when defined in an arbitrary manner, show strong
correlations. This is checked over all the years considered. Impact factor being one of these
measures, the present work raises the question whether it is actually a nearly perfect index …
We study the statistics of citations made to the indexed Science journals in the Journal Citation Reports during the period 2004-2013 using different measures. We consider different measures which quantify the impact of the journals. To our surprise, we find that the apparently uncorrelated measures, even when defined in an arbitrary manner, show strong correlations. This is checked over all the years considered. Impact factor being one of these measures, the present work raises the question whether it is actually a nearly perfect index as claimed often. In addition we study the distributions of the different indices which also behave similarly.
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