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used in network theory. Such measures establish the importance of a node in a network based on the principle that connections to high-scoring nodes contribute more to the score of the node. The SJR indicator has been developed to be used in extremely large and heterogeneous journal citation networks.
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One might expect, therefore, that a high JIF factor indicates a higher standard of interest, accuracy and reliability of papers published therein. This is sometimes true but unfortunately is certainly not always the case (Brembs 2018, 2019). Thus, Björn Brembs (2019) concluded: "There is a growing
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that distributes prestige values among the journals until a steady-state solution is reached. The SJR algorithm begins by setting an identical amount of prestige to each journal, then using an iterative procedure, this prestige is redistributed in a process where journals transfer their achieved
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It is a size-independent indicator and its values order journals by their "average prestige per article" and can be used for journal comparisons in science evaluation processes. The SJR indicator is a free journal metric inspired by, and using an algorithm similar to,
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prestige to each other through citations. The process ends up when the difference between journal prestige values in consecutive iterations do not reach a minimum threshold value any more. The process is developed in two phases, (a) the computation of
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Citations are an indicator of popularity of scientific works and can be perceived as endorsement; prestige can be understood as a combination of the number of endorsements and the prestige of the works publishing them. Adopting this view, the
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However, studies of methodological quality and reliability have found that "reliability of published research works in several fields may be decreasing with increasing journal rank", contrary to widespread expectations.
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A journal's SJR indicator is a numeric value representing the average number of weighted citations received during a selected year per document published in that journal during the previous three years, as indexed by
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body of evidence against our subjective notion of more prestigious journals publishing 'better' science. In fact, the most prestigious journals may be publishing the least reliable science."
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assigns different values to citations depending on the perceived prestige of the journals where they come from.
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In addition to the network-based SJR indicator, the SJR also provides a more direct alternative to the
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received by a journal and the prestige of the journals where the citations come from.
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Triggle, Chris R; MacDonald, Ross; Triggle, David J.; Grierson, Donald (2022-04-03).
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The SJR indicator computation is carried out using an iterative
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Network-based Citation Metrics: Eigenfactor vs. SJR.
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Scimago
SCImago Institutions Rankings
a series
Citation metrics

Altmetrics
Article-level
Author-level
Eigenfactor
G-index
H-index
Bibliographic coupling
Citation
Analysis
Dynamics
Index
Graph
Co-citation
Proximity Analysis
Coercive citation
Citation cartel
I4OC
Journal-level
CiteScore
Impact factor
SCImago
Kardashian Index
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