Rank-normalized impact factor: A way to compare journal performance across subject categories

被引：86

作者：

Pudovkin, AI ^{[1
]}

Garfield, E ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Marine Biol, Vladivostok 690041, Russia

来源：

ASIST 2004: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 67TH ASIS&T ANNUAL MEETING, VOL 41, 2004: MANAGING AND ENHANCING INFORMATION: CULTURES AND CONFLICTS | 2004年 / 41卷

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D O I：

10.1002/meet.1450410159

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

It is well known that uninformed science administrators often use ISI's journal impact factors without taking into account the inherent citation characteristics of individual scientific disciplines. A rank normalized impact factor (rnIF) is proposed which involves use of order statistics for the complete set of journals within each JCR category. We believe the normalization procedure provides reliable and easily interpretable values. For any journal j, its rnIF is designated as rnIF(j) and equals (K - R-j + 1)/K, where R-j is the descending rank of journal j in its JCR category and K is the number of journals in the category. Note: JCR impact factor listings are published in descending order. The proposed rnIF is compared with normalized impact factors proposed by earlier authors. The efficacy of the rnIF is illustrated in the cases of seven highly-cited scientists, one each from seven different fields.

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页码：507 / 515

页数：9

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