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Scientific Impact Indicators: a Comparative Study of Brazilian Journals' Impact Factors

Year: 2016

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: In this context science social, this study aims to compare the IF of Brazilian journals, simultaneously present in Scopus and SciELO databases, in order to contribute to the discussion on the need to contextualize the use of IF as a quality indicator of scientific journals for the science denominated peripheral. The choice of multidisciplinary database Scopus is justified as this basis presents the highest number of indexed Brazilian journals.

Source: UNESP Institutional Repository (São Paulo State University)

Authors: Cátia Candida Almeida, María Cláudia Cabrini Grácio, Ismael Rafols, Jordi Molas‐Gallart, Elena Castro‐Martínez, Richard Woolley

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2907656235

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