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Journal Impact Factor, Eigenfactor, Journal Influence and Article Influence

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  • Chia-Lin Chang
  • Michael McAleer

    () (University of Canterbury)

  • Les Oxley

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This paper examines the practical usefulness of two new journal performance metrics, namely the Eigenfactor score, which may be interpreted as measuring “Journal Influence”, and the Article Influence score, using the Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science (hereafter ISI) data for 2009 for the 200 most highly cited journals in each of the Sciences and Social Sciences, and compares them with two existing ISI metrics, namely Total Citations and the 5-year Impact Factor (5YIF) of a journal (including journal self citations). It is shown that the Sciences and Social Sciences are different in terms of the strength of the relationship of journal performance metrics, although the actual relationships are very similar. Moreover, the journal influence and article influence journal performance metrics are shown to be closely related empirically to the two existing ISI metrics, and hence add little in practical usefulness to what is already known. These empirical results are compared with existing results in the literature.

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Paper provided by University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance in its series Working Papers in Economics with number 12/13.

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Length: 15 pages
Date of creation: 15 Jun 2012
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Handle: RePEc:cbt:econwp:12/13

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Keywords: Journal performance metrics; Research assessment measures; Total citations; 5-year impact factor (5YIF); Eigenfactor; Journal and Article influence;

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  1. Chang, C-L. & McAleer, M.J. & Oxley, L., 2010. "What Makes a Great Journal Great in Economics? The Singer Not the Song," Econometric Institute Report EI 2010-45, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Econometric Institute.
  2. Chia-Lin Chang & Michael McAleer & Les Oxley, 2011. "Great Expectatrics: Great Papers, Great Journals, Great Econometrics," Documentos del Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico 2011-114, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.
  3. Chia-Lin Chang & Esfandiar Maasoumi & Michael McAleer, 2012. "Robust Ranking of Journal Quality: An Application to Economics," Working Papers in Economics 12/05, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance.
  4. Chia-Lin Chang & Michael McAleer, 2011. "Citations and Impact of ISI Tourism and Hospitality Journals," Documentos del Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico 2011-26, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.
  5. Chang, C-L. & McAleer, M.J. & Oxley, L., 2010. "What Makes a Great Journal Great in the Sciences? Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?," Econometric Institute Report EI 2010-75, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Econometric Institute.
  6. Chia-Lin Chang & Michael McAleer & Les Oxley, 2011. "How are Journal Impact, Prestige and Article Influence Related? An Application to Neuroscience," KIER Working Papers 756, Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research.
  7. Chia-Lin Chang & Michael McAleer, 2012. "Ranking Journal Quality by Harmonic Mean of Ranks: An Application to ISI Statistics & Probability," Working Papers in Economics 12/11, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance.
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