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Quality of Scholarly Journals and Major Selection Criteria for Coverage by the Web of Science

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The major criteria for scholarly journals selection to be covered by the Web of Science are discussed. These criteria include the compliance of a journal with world standards, the international diversity, citation score of authors and editorial board members, the journal impact factor and journals self-citation. The demand for the unified transliteration of the authors name and the use of the unified English-language name and address of a research organization, as well as for including the information on funding organization (grant number and agency name) is emphasized.

Source: Acta Naturae

DOI: 10.32607/20758251-2012-4-2-6-13

Author: V. A. Markusova

Institutions: Russian Academy of Sciences, All Russian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4236953065

FWCI: 4.895

Cites: 5

Cited by: 11

Related to: 10