Absolute Impact Factor to Compare Journals and Research Publications of Different Subjects

Authors

  • Librarian-cum-Information Officer, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block-JD, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700106

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2019/v56i3/144133

Keywords:

Absolute Impact Factor, Impact Factor

Abstract

The paper explores the problem of the parameter, Impact Factor for analyzing research publications of different subjects. A new tool, Absolute Impact Factor is introduced as analytical solution to bring journals of all subjects in a scale.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

References

Vogel, E. E. (1997). Impact factor and international collaboration in Chilean physics: 1987-1994. Scientometrics, 38(2):253-63. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/ BF02457412.

Khan, K. M. and Hegde, P. (2009). Is impact factor true evaluation for ranking quality measure? DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology, 29(3):55-58. https:// doi.org/10.14429/djlit.29.241, https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.29.253, https://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/ djlit/article/view/253.

Christensen, F. H., Ingwersen, P. and Wormell, I. (1997). Online determination of the journal impact factor and its international properties. Scientometrics. 40(3):529-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459298. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02459298.

Garg, K.C.; Kumar, S. and Dutt, B. (2011). Simple technique to normalise impact factor of journals. DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. 31(5):371-76. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.31.5.1194, https://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit/article/view/1194.

Lin, M. H. and et al. (2006). The impact of impact factor on small specialties: A case study of family medicine in Taiwan. Scientometrics, 66(3):513-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-006-0037-9, https://link.springer.com/ article/10.1007/s11192-006-0037-9.

Contreras, C.; Gonzalo, E. and Alaejandra, M. (2006). The current impact factor and the long-term impact of scientific journals by discipline: A logistic diffusion model estimation. Scientometrics, 69(3):689-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-006-0165-2, https://link.springer.com/ article/10.1007/s11192-006-0165-2.

Egghe, L. (2008). The mathematical relation between the impact factor and the uncitedness factor. Scientometrics, 76(1):117-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1902-x, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-0071902-x.

Kuo, W. and Rupe, J. (2007). R-impact factor: Reliabilitybased citation impact factor. IEEE Transaction on Reliability, 56(3):366-67. https://doi.org/10.1109/ TR.2007.902789, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4298236.

Yu, G.; Yang, D. H. and Liang, W. (2010). Reliability-based citation impact factor and the manipulation of impact factor. Scientometrics, 83(1):259-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/ s11192-009-0083-1, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/ 10.1007%2Fs11192-009-0083-1.pdf.

Vanderelst, D.; Speybroeck, S. and Speybroeck, N. (2012). The perceived impact of publications on Neglected Tropical Zoonoses as measured by their impact factor. Scientometrics, 90(2):331-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-04885, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11192011-0488-5.pdf.

Bordons, M.; Fernandez. M. T. and Gomez, I. (2002). Advantages and limitations in the use of impact factor measures for the assessment of research performance in a peripheral country. Scientometrics, 53(2):195-206. https:// doi.org/10.1023/A:1014800407876, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023%2FA%3A1014800407876.pdf.

Sombatsompop, N.; Markpin, T. and Premkamolnetr, N. (2004). A modified method for calculating the impact factors of journals in ISI Journal Citation Reports: Polymer Science Category in 1997-2001. Scientometrics, 60(2):21735. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SCIE.0000027794.98854.f6, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023%2FB%3ASCIE.0000027794.98854.f6.pdf.

https://www.springer.com/gp/impact-factor-2017. Accessed on 4 May 2018.

Published

2019-06-24

How to Cite

Adhikari, S. (2019). Absolute Impact Factor to Compare Journals and Research Publications of Different Subjects. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 56(3), 129–134. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2019/v56i3/144133

Issue

Section

Articles
Received 2019-04-26
Accepted 2019-06-20
Published 2019-06-24

Similar Articles

1 2 > >> 

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.