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Scholarly Publishing Resources for Faculty: Scopus Metrics (CiteScore, SNIP & SJR, h-index)

SJR - SCImago Journal Rank

SJR calculation

average # of weighted citations received in a year 

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# of documents published in previous 3 years

CiteScore

CiteScore is the number of citations received by a journal in one year to documents published in the three previous years, divided by the number of documents indexed in Scopus published in those same three years.

CiteScore for 2015 counts the citations received in 2015 to documents published in 2012, 2013 or 2014, and divides this by the number of documents published in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

SNIP

SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) Calculation

journal’s citation count per paper

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citation potential in its subject area

Scopus Journal Analyzer

Scopus can be used to measure the presige of a particular journal within the database.  Scopus Journal Analyzer uses the following metrics to analyze journals and articles.  Scopus also analyzes the scholarly output and impact of authors, insitutions, and countries.
 
 
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) indicator
It expresses the average number of weighted citations received in the selected year by the documents published in the selected journal in the three previous years, --i.e. weighted citations received in year X to documents published in the journal in years X-1, X-2 and X-3. See detailed description of SJR
 
SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
A corrective metric to account or difference in citation potential in different fields.
 
The h index
Expresses the journal's number of articles (h) that have received at least h citations. It quantifies both journal scientific productivity and scientific impact and it is also applicable to scientists, countries, etc.
  • Author’s total article count = 33
  • 18 of the articles are cited at least 18 times
  • h-index = 18