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Creation of journal-based publication profiles of scientific institutions — A methodology for the interdisciplinary comparison of scientific research based on the J-factor

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  • Rafael Ball

    (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

  • Bernhard Mittermaier

    (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

  • Dirk Tunger

    (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

Abstract

A form of normalisation is presented for the evaluation of citation data on multidisciplinary research. This method is based on the existing classification according to the publishing journals and not on the classification of output according to ISI subject categories. A publication profile is created for each institution to be investigated. This profile accounts for the weight of publications in a journal, represented by the number of publications as a proportion of the total output of the institution. In accordance with this weight, the citation rate of each journal is compared to a qualified relative indicator. The final result is a relative citation rate J, which is the relative perception of the performance of an institution accounting for its publication and citation habits and makes a transdisciplinary comparison possible.

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  • Rafael Ball & Bernhard Mittermaier & Dirk Tunger, 2009. "Creation of journal-based publication profiles of scientific institutions — A methodology for the interdisciplinary comparison of scientific research based on the J-factor," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 81(2), pages 381-392, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:81:y:2009:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-009-2120-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-2120-5
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