What is a good SCImago Journal rank?

What is a good SCImago Journal rank?

The scoring scale brings everything down to 1 for easy comparison. So a journal with a SJR value >1 has above average citation potential and journal with a SJR value <1.

Is SCImago a Scopus?

The Scimago data relies on the Scopus data, both belong to the publisher Elsevier. The difference between the two is that Scimago is publicly available, and the use of Scopus needs subscription. Scopus is an abstracting and citation database owned by Elsevier, an international publication group.

How do you use SCImago Journal rank?

Use SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) to find Journal Rankings, SJRs and Other Measures

1. After connecting to SJR (SCImago Journal Rank), click on Journal Rankings at the top of the page.
2. Select the appropriate subject area and category, using the drop-down menus.
3. The results will be ordered by SJR by default.

How do I find the ISI ranking of a journal?

How can you know if a journal is ISI, Scopus, or SCImago Indexed?

1. Visit their website at scopus.com/sources. This will guide you to their search page.
2. Choose the Title, Publisher, or ISSN number of the journal of your choice and search it in.
3. Enter the journal details in the search bar to have access to their database.

What is ISI journal?

A journal is indexed in the Web of Science is used to be called an ISI journal. ISI means the Institute for Scientific Information, which developed and produced the Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI).

Is SCImago reliable?

In contrast, Scopus has a more systematic policy on content inclusion and adds all new BioMed Central titles to its database on an annual basis, and so SCImago contains reliable bibliometric data and rankings for around 100 BioMed Central journals that are not yet listed in the JCR.

What is SJR factor?

The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator is a measure of the scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where the citations come from.

What does SJR stand for?

Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) is a measure of the prestige of scholarly journals. SJR scores are computed using network analysis of citations received by journals.

What is SJR website?

The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a publicly available portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.). These indicators can be used to assess and analyze scientific domains.

What is ISI Web?

ISI Web of Knowledge is an online academic database provided by Thomson Scientific’s Institute for Scientific Information.

Is SJR impact factor?

The SJR indicator is a variant of the eigenvector centrality measure used in network theory. In addition to the network-based SJR indicator, the SJR also provides a more direct alternative to the impact factor (IF), in the form of average citations per document in a 2-year period, abbreviated as Cites per Doc. (2y).