Abstract:
Journal performance metrics are designed to help users know the best journals in
different scientific fields. In this article, some journals indexed in ISC database
are compared using Scopus and ISC performance indicators. The Scopus journal
analyzer uses SNIP and SJR as alternatives for IF which consider citation
analysis differently. New performance indicators consider differences in citation
behavior across different research fields. ISC performance indicators are a new
feature added to the ISC database which results showed its efficiency in
evaluating Persian scientific journals.
Machine summary:
ir Abstract Journal performance metrics are designed to help users know the best journals in different scientific fields.
ISC performance indicators are a new feature added to the ISC database which results showed its efficiency in evaluating Persian scientific journals.
Journal Performance Metrics, SNIP, SJR, ISC Journal Performance Indicators Introduction Evaluating the performance and quality of scientific journals is increasingly important in today's information environments.
(Mingers & Leydesdorff, 2015) In this article, the performance of a number of ISC journals is compared by means of journal performance metrics of Scopus and ISC databases.
(Glanzel, 2011) Source-Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) which created by moed is designed to lessen the limitations of using IF for journals from different fields and contexts.
(Walkman, van Eck, van Leeuwen, & Visser, 2013) The Scimago journal ranking (SJR) is an indicator which its main idea is that not all citations have the same value.
Because of the variety of indicators used and also due to the fact that each indicator evaluate different aspects of journal performance, the aggregate results of these metrics provide a more complete analytical landscape (Moed, 2011).
Material and method The journal performance analysis tools in ISC and Scopus databases, provide facilities to compare journals based on different performance indicators.
We also selected some Persian journals in the field of library and information sciences to assess the abilities of ISC performance indicators which in first phase support Persian journals to evaluate.
Applying SJR indicator on the selected journals, generated graph 2 which shows an Iranian polymer journal preserved its performance and good impact during the time period of evaluation.