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The basics of journal-level metrics: What clinical researchers need to know

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Journal prestige is the most important factor for an initial manuscript submission.The authors use various journal-level metrics, commonly provided by the citation databases Web of Science and Scopus, as criteria for identifying a reputable journal.However, no single metric can serve as a perfect assessment of a journal's value.This article summarizes the main journal-level metrics (Journal Impact Factor, Journal Citation Indicator, CiteScore, and their respective percentiles), in addition to other complementary and less applied metrics.It also highlights the distinction between impact metrics and normalized metrics, using examples from Spanish journals in the area of Internal Medicine.

Source: Spanish Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.24875/sjmed.22000010

Authors: José M. Porcel, Leyre Liesa

Institutions: Universitat de Lleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Lleida

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4300817260

FWCI: 1.696

Cites: 9

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10