Journal ranking alternatives to the journal impact factor
There are two new journal ranking tools freely available on the
internet.
SCImago Journal & Country
Rank -- Data from Scopus (13,200 journals)
Eigenfactor --
Data from Thomson (8,000 journals)
The SJR indicator (from SCImago Journal & Country Rank) and the
Eigenfactor take the ISI Impact Factor one step further. They
incorporated a PageRank algorithm from Google to weight the citing
journals. The ISI Impact Factor counts the number of cites to
papers in a journal but does not distinguish if the citing paper is
published in a prestigious journal or a not so highly ranked
journal. The SJR indicator and the Eigenfactor take into account
the ranking of the citing journal.
Further reading: Free
journal-ranking tool enters citation market
Impact factors and Scimago JR compared
Eigenfactor: Measuring the value and prestige of scholarly
journals
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