Citation-based metrics are appropriate tools in journal assessment provided that they are accurate and used in an informed way

Henk F. Moed; Lisa Colledge; Jan Reedijk; Felix Moya-Anegon; Vicente Guerrero-Bote; Andrew Plume; Mayur Amin

doi:10.1007/s11192-012-0679-8

Citation-based metrics are appropriate tools in journal assessment provided that they are accurate and used in an informed way

Henk F. Moed, Lisa Colledge, Jan Reedijk, Felix Moya-Anegon, Vicente Guerrero-Bote, Andrew Plume, Mayur Amin

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Abstract

In a reply to Jerome K. Vanclay's manuscript "Impact Factor: outdated artefact or stepping-stone to journal certification?" we discuss the value of journal metrics for the assessment of scientific-scholarly journals from a general bibliometric perspective, and from the point of view of creators of new journal metrics, journal editors and publishers. We conclude that citation-based indicators of journal performance are appropriate tools in journal assessment provided that they are accurate, and used with care and competence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	367-376
Number of pages	10
Journal	Scientometrics
Volume	92
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-012-0679-8
State	Published - Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Citation analysis
Citation linking
Crosscheck
Journal editors
Journal impact factor
Journal metrics
Journal performance
Journal publishers
Peer review
SJR
SNIP

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