Citation-based metrics are appropriate tools in journal assessment provided that they are accurate and used in an informed way

Scientometrics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-376

  Moed, Henk F ^a   Colledge, Lisa ^a   Reedijk, Jan ^b,e   Moya Anegon, Felix ^c   Guerrero Bote, Vicente ^d   Plume, Andrew ^a   Amin, Mayur ^a  

^a ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Citation linking; Crosscheck; Journal editors; Journal impact factor; Journal metrics; Journal performance; Journal publishers; Peer review; SJR; SNIP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864279253     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0679-8     Document Type: Article

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