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Is an Article in a Top Journal a Top Article

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: This study ranks 15 leading finance journals by the average number of Social Sciences Citation Index cites per articles for articles published in 1996. It also defines a "top article," compared to an "article in a top journal." Using different criteria for top articles, I examine the Type I error (a "top" article is rejected by a particular decision rule, e.g., in top three journals) and the Type II error (a "non-top" article is accepted as a top article) for each journal and combinations of the journals. Due to the high error rates, the results suggest that identifying top articles requires looking beyond the Top 3 journals, as well as examining each article more carefully for its intrinsic quality.

Source: Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research

Author: Stanley D. Smith

Institution: University of Central Florida

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1574661949

FWCI: 1.52

Cites: 5

Cited by: 39

Related to: 10