Journal Selection Criteria Journal and author metrics

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1- Factors to consider when choosing where to
publish
2- Online Journal Selectors
Finding a journal that is a good fit for your paper
Simply insert your title and abstract ( or just some key words )
in one of the following Free Web Search Tool
The Top Four Journal Selector Tools Database
1 www.journalguide.com  Web of Science WOS
2 www.Journalfinder.elsevier.com  Scopus- Elsevier
3 http://jane.biosemantics.org/  PubMed MEDLINE
4 www.journalsuggester.springer.com/  Springer & BMC
Journal quality
Journal Impact Factor (JIF) , Scimago journal ranking (SJR) .
Timelines –
Acceptance rates, Time taken for peer review, Time to publish
Indexing -
Will it be indexed in the major citation databases :
(Scopus, Web of Science, MEDLINE, DOAJ )?

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3- Major Journals and Author Metrics
3.A- Journal Metrics
Journal Impact Factor ( IF)
Based on Web of Science citation data - Calculated annually
 JIF = the number of times articles published in the
previous 2 years have been cited in the year of reporting,
divided by the number of citable items.
Accessible via website (Incites Journal Citations Reports)
 you want to determine
quality based on
Journal Impact Factor
or journal ranking
 a publication is
indexed in Web of
Science
JIF cannot be used to
compare across
different disciplines
CiteScore
Based on Scopus citation data- Calculated monthly
CiteScore = the number of times documents published in the
previous 3 years have been cited in the year of reporting,
divided by the number of documents.
 All types of documents (conference proceedings,
letters etc.) are included in the CiteScore calculation
rather than just research papers and reviews
 CiteScores freely available, from Scopus
 you want to determine
quality based on
CiteScore
 a publication is
indexed in Scopus
 you want to include a
range of documents
 you want an
alternative to JIF

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SJR SCImago Journal Rank
Based on Scopus citation data

 Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) is a ranking based on the
transfer of prestige from one journal to another
 calculations are similar to those of Journal Impact Factor but are
normalised for fields that don't cite much, and citations are
weighted on the prestige of the citing journal
 free resource available at www.scimagojr.com/
 also accessible within Scopus – click Compare Journals on the
Scopus home page
 a Journal Impact
Factor is not
available, and a
publication is
indexed in
Scopus
 you want to
account for
prestige of citing
journals
 investigating
across different
fields
Eigenfactor
Based on Journal Citation Reports & Web of Science citation data

citations from highly cited journals influence the score more than
citations from lesser cited journals
 excludes self-citations
 calculated by citation received in the year from publications in
the previous 5 years
 publications are
indexed in Web
of Science
 an established
researcher
SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
Based on Scopus citation data
 SNIP is the ratio of a source's average citation count per
paper and the 'citation potential' of its subject field
 allows direct comparison of sources in different subject fields
 publications are
indexed in
Scopus
 you want to
account for
variations in
citing patterns
within
disciplines
 investigating
across different
field

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3.B-Author Impact
h-index (and its variants)
H-index
The h-index tends to favour those in a later stage of career or those in fields that
actively cite and publish. It can only increase over time and is not a measure of current
productivity.
The h-index is equal to the number of publications (h) which have been cited at least h
times.
Example: ….this researcher has 5 publications cited at least 5 times. Therefore they
have a h-index of 5.
The m-index may help in the comparison of early-career and established researchers.
The m-index equals the h-index divided by the number of years of activity.
The i10 index was created by Google Scholar. If you have created a free Google
Scholar profile, you can find your i10 index in the My Citations feature of your profile.
i10-Index is the number of articles cited (by others) at least 10 time
For more details
http://guides.lib.monash.edu/research-impact-publishing/journal-quality
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