Differences and similarities between Journal Impact Factor and CiteScore

Fernando, FERNANDEZ-LLIMOS (2018) Differences and similarities between Journal Impact Factor and CiteScore. Department of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa. pp. 1-3. ISSN 1886-3655

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Abstract

Two major journal-based metrics are in competition: the Journal Impact Factor and CiteScore. Although these two metrics are based on similar principles of measuring the impact by citations, some differences between them exist. Years used to calculate the metric, access to computing data, and number of journals covered are some of these differences. One of the most relevant differences for pharmacy journals is the recognition in CiteScore of Pharmacy as an independent Subject Area, whereas it appears to have merged with pharmacology in the Journal Citation Reports. The immediate consequence of this differentiation is that pharmacy journals remain in the third and fourth quartiles in the Journal Impact Factor distribution, while a true quartile distribution exists in CiteScore.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions: Library of Congress Subject Areas > P Language and Literature > Farmasi
Library of Congress Subject Areas > P Language and Literature > Fakultas Farmasi > Farmasi
Fakultas Farmasi > Farmasi
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email repo@umsb.ac.id
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2022 06:54
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2022 06:54
URI: http://eprints.umsb.ac.id/id/eprint/448

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