Diversity, value and limitations of the journal impact factor and alternative metrics

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• 作者：Lutz Bornmann (1)
  Werner Marx (2)
  Armen Yuri Gasparyan (3)
  George D. Kitas (3) (4)
  
• 关键词：Bibliometrics ; Periodicals as topic ; Impact factor ; h ; Index ; Biomedical journals ; Rheumatology
• 刊名：Rheumatology International
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：July 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：32
• 期：7
• 页码：1861-1867
• 全文大小：377KB
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• 作者单位：Lutz Bornmann (1)
  Werner Marx (2)
  Armen Yuri Gasparyan (3)
  George D. Kitas (3) (4)
  
  1. Max Planck Society, Administrative Headquarters, Munich, Germany
  2. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
  3. Clinical Research Unit, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (A Teaching Trust of University of Birmingham), Department of Rheumatology, Russell’s Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 2HQ, UK
  4. Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  

文摘

The highly popular journal impact factor (JIF) is an average measure of citations within 1?year after the publication of a journal as a whole within the two preceding years. It is widely used as a proxy of a journal’s quality and scientific prestige. This article discusses misuses of JIF to assess impact of separate journal articles and the effect of several manuscript versions on JIF. It also presents some newer alternative journal metrics such as SCImago Journal Rank and the h-index and analyses examples of their application in several subject categories.