Determining Official Scopus Journal Quartile: Why SCImago SJR Is Not Appropriate

Mzhelsky, Alexander

doi:10.19181/smtp.2023.5.3.3

Science Management: Theory and Practice

2023

DOI: 10.19181/smtp.2023.5.3.3

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Determining Official Scopus Journal Quartile: Why SCImago SJR Is Not Appropriate

Alexander Mzhelsky

Abstract: There are several metrics for calculating journal quartiles across different platforms in science. The official metric for determining journal quartiles in the Web of Science database is Impact Factor, and for Scopus it is CiteScore. The quartiles for the journals on the SCImago platform are formed based on the SJR metric (which is calculated with a different methodology than CiteScore). Moreover, the data used on SCImago and Scopus are slightly different. SCImago also assigns quartiles even to journals exclud… Show more

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Representation and indexing assessment of the Russian academic journals in Web of Science Core Collection database

Gureyev,

Kirillova,

Mazov

2023

Naučnyj redaktor i izdatelʹ

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Currently, the Russian academic and publishing communities are witnesses and participants of significant changes in access to scientific information, the system of bibliometric assessment, and scientific communication. Despite some successful initiatives of the Russian academic journals, government structures for scientific and technical information, as well as commercial companies in changing one resources with others, development of new system of bibliometric evaluation and development of novel information services, it seems unreasonable to give up significant achievements of the last decades. Particularly, it is important to maintain the level of visibility and increase the quality of Russian academic journals in Web of Science Core Collection, although submission of new titles is now suspended. Due to the highest authority and wide use of this system worldwide, maintaining the proper level of visibility of the Russian journals in Web of Science database is believed to be a priority task. The paper discusses current problems concerning evaluation of representation of Russian academic serials in Journal Citation Reports and certain articles in Web of Science Core Collection in the light of lack of access to full-function versions of these databases. Updated list of Russian journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports / Web of Science as of 2023 is prepared.

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Representation and indexing assessment of the Russian academic journals in Web of Science Core Collection database

Gureyev,

Kirillova,

Mazov

2023

Naučnyj redaktor i izdatelʹ

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Bulletin of Rehabilitation Medicine: Annual Update on Bibliometric Indicators Including Scopus Quartile (Q3)

Mzhelsky

2023

Bulletin of Rehabilitation Medicine

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There are three main citation databases in the world (Web of Science, SCImago and Scopus) determining journal quartiles annually according to their own datasets and methodologies. The aim of this editorial is to analyze bibliometric indicators of the journal “Bulletin of Rehabilitation Medicine” (BRM) in Scopus. According to CiteScore 2022, BRM ranked 101/146 in the subject category MEDICINE-REHABILITATION which placed BRM in Q3. Over a past year, BRM increased its citation 51-fold, and its CiteScore 8-fold. In the period of 2019–2022 more than 50 authors from almost 20 countries published in BRM. During the same period almost half of BRM articles received citations not only in Russian journals indexed in Scopus but also in sources from 13 other countries. Besides, BRM produces twice the average number of publications per year in its subject category. Thus, such bibliometric picture of BRM in combination with open access and no article processing charges, demonstrates a strong editorial position of the journal and a clear competitive advantage for authors.

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Determining Official Scopus Journal Quartile: Why SCImago SJR Is Not Appropriate

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Representation and indexing assessment of the Russian academic journals in Web of Science Core Collection database

Representation and indexing assessment of the Russian academic journals in Web of Science Core Collection database

Bulletin of Rehabilitation Medicine: Annual Update on Bibliometric Indicators Including Scopus Quartile (Q3)

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