Web-Based Resources for Journal Rankings
From a colleague, I recently learned about three free online resources that may be useful for citation analysis and locating information about the value and prestige of scholarly journals.SCImago Journal & Country Rank (http://www.scimagojr.com/index.php) is a “portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.).” These indicators could be used to assess and analyze scientific domains.
Eigenfactor (http://www.eigenfactor.org/) is a “non-commercial academic research project sponsored by the Bergstrom lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington that provides influence rankings for 7000+ science and social science journals and rankings for an additional 110,000+ reference items including newspapers, and popular magazines.” For an explanation of their rankings, click on the Information tab and choose 'Why Eigenfactor' from the menu.
Journalranking.com (http://journal-ranking.com/ranking/web/index.html) is a service that “introduces two new indicators relevant to journal quality by considering both the journal influence index and the paper influence index.” To use, mouse over 'ranking' and select 'common ranking', then select from among the categories in the drop down list of journals to be ranked. You can use this feature without registering, but if you register you can create a profile that will enable you to create your own reports and participate in type of social community service for faculty.
As always, please let me know your thoughts on the usefulness of this resource.
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