JCR Incites and Scopus metrics 2016

Journal MetricsSavvy Researcher Series

Compiled by Jen Eidelman & Pepler [email protected] &

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October 2016

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Consider some of these questions relating to journal information…….

• Which journal titles are available to publish in in my field of research?

• How do I find a metric to determine which journal is important in my field of research?

• Which journal titles are publishing the ‘hottest’ papers within a discipline?

• Where and how do I find a journal impact factor and journal rankings?

• How do I compare various journal metrics within a specific field?

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The main databases with multi-disciplinary coverage that can be used to track journal metrics:

• Journal Citation Reports – Incites (Thomson Reuters)

• Scopus Journal Metrics (Elsevier)

Find ‘Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Incites’http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

From ‘Search & Find’ on the library page, choose ‘Databases A-Z’

http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/

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From the A-Z list choose ‘J’ and thenchoose ‘Journal Citation Reports – Incites’

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Incites from the ‘Databases A-Z’ Listhttp://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/electronic-databases

http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/electronic-databases

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Sign in or Register your own personal profile in this database.This allows you to make use of more functionalities within the database.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Incites

• Select Year• Select Edition

7Click ‘SUBMIT’

• Select Categories• Select a category from the

list for example ‘biodiversity conservation’


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• Lists 49 Journal titles Here you can customize which metrics you want to see, for example you may wish to see the immediacy index

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Click on any of the links in the toolbar to sort the results by • Journal title• Total cites • Journal impact factor

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Click on the link to drill down to find information on an individual journal title.

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The Source Data Table shows the number of citable items in the JCR year. Citable items are further divided into articles (that is, research articles) and reviews.

Journal metrics are provided in a table. The Metric Trends graph will appear beneath the Key Indicators table when you click Graph for any of the indicators.

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A graph representation of the journal impact factor (JIF) over a number of years shows the JIF trend.


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Journal Metric Examples:Eigenfactor Score – measures the prestige of a journal in a subject field.Article influence – anything above 1 carries more influence than the average.Immediacy index – measures how quickly an article gets cited.


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RankThis table shows how the journal ranks by subject area.

Click on the i button to see a detailed explanation of the table.

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Select ‘Open Access’ to see which journals are open access.

Click ‘SUBMIT’


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Lists 9 open access journals.

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Untick ‘Open Access’ and click ‘Submit’



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To compare some of these titles in the list – first choose the titles to compare by ticking the boxes.

Click ‘Compare selected journals’

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Select ’Trends’ from ‘1. Select Comparison’

Click ‘OK in the message box.


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Choose the years to compare by using the shift or control key to select more than one year.

Select one category.

Click ‘Submit’


Here you can compare the journal impact factor of selected journals over a number of years.

An example of a journal impact factor and how it is calculated.


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Here you can select various metrics to compare for example the immediacy index – ‘hottest papers’ i.e. in which journals the articles are cited the quickest.


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Scopus Journal Metrics

Scimago Journal Ranking• Measures the prestige of the journal by using ranking analytics• Subject field, quality and reputation has a direct effect on the value of a citation (not all citations

are equal)• It is normalized across disciplines• Does not allow self-citation within journals – manipulating the metric

Impact Per Paper (IPP)• Similar to the journal impact factor, but measured over 3 years, which is considered an optimal

time period to accurately measure citations• Not normalized for subject field and gives raw indication of citations

Source Normalized Impact Per Paper (SNIP)• Measures contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the subject field• Allows for interdisciplinary comparison• Has a value of 1 for any given subject area.

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From Library home page:www.lib.uct.ac.zaGo to Search & FindSelect Databases by Platform


http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/

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Select Scopus from the listed databases.


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Once on the Scopus page, select sources to search, view and compare journal information.


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From here, you can search for journals by title, keywords, ISSN, publisher and discipline.


You can choose to display Open Access Journals only.

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A title search for South African Medical Journal displays the following


Shows that it is an Open Access journal

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Journal Page shows:

• Various metrics with explanation thereof

• Former titles• Journal access

status• Range of coverage• Some Scopus

journal pages also link to the journal home page

• Issues


Select ‘Compare with other journals’ to search and compare journals.

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From here you can search for relevant or related journals to compare by:

Title, keywords, ISSN, Publisher and Subject area.


Search using the keyword ‘medical’ to find related journals to compare, and then select relevant journal/s.

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For ease of use, the relevant metrics can be selected, and displayed.

Journals are displayed alphabetically. By selecting the relevant metric in the display window, the journals are ranked by metric, from highest to lowest.


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The metrics are compared in a graph that plots the metrics per year. This can also be shown in a table.

Select the relevant metrics and compare.


For more information about any of the metrics or information displayed, select the ? Symbol.

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NEED MORE HELP?CONTACT YOUR SUBJECT LIBRARIAN

http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/subject-librarians

http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/subject-librarians

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JCR Incites and Scopus metrics 2016