Quality of Journals – JCR Journal Citation Reports Livia Vasas lvasas@lib.sote.hu 2015
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JCR Journal Citation Reports
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Impact Factor IF: average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. Impact Factor is a fraction. The denominator equals to the publications published in the journal in the last 2 years, and the numerator equals to the number of cites in the last year for the 2 years items
IF value – calculation quotient numerator denominator
Questions How many journal titles are in the 2009 JCR Social Sciences Edition ? 2257 And in the 2012 JCR Science Edition 8471 Which is the highest value IF in 2009 JCR Sci Edition in the subject category „allergy”? 9.165
Questions What was the IF value of the journal Nature Genetics in 2007 ? 25,556 What was the IF value of the journal PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in 2008 ? 9,380
Questions What was the IF value of the journal JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION in 2009 ? 28,899 How many different journal titles are in 2012 in the subject category „psychiatry”? 121 Inside the above category which is the highest IF value? 14.721
Questions How many different journal titles are in 2013 JCR Science Edition from Germany? 563 How many different journal titles are in 2010 JCR Social Sciences Ed. from France? 25 Which is the highest IF value in 2011 JCR Sci Ed? 101.780
Questions There are 15 Hungarian journals in JCR, 2009 Social Sciences edition. False True In JCR 2010 Social Sciences edition, Acta Linguistica Hungarica has the highest Impact Factor of the Hungarian journals. False True
What is the Impact Factor of BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS in 2010? 5,001 6,111 5,132 8,112 9,122 The Impact Factor of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) in 2008 is... 13,221 2,551, 31,000 31.718
Questions EVERY publication type is counted when IF is calculated True False Impact Factor is a fraction. The denominator equals to the publications published in the journal in the last 2 years, and the numerator equals to the number of cites in the last year for the 2 years items True False
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