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ABSTRACTObjective: This paper investigated the possibility of advocating usage of SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), Eigenfactor Score and H5 index indicators as alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for quality assessment in the field of mechanical engineering. Researchers and librarians concerns of methods of scientific journal ranking regarding publication language, analysis time and self-citation impact amongst other factors are addressed through suggested alternatives. Method: The SJR, ES, H5 index and JIF scores and ranking order of mechanical engineering journals were downloaded from the relevant websites. Pearson and Spear man's correlation coefficients were calculated to test linear and monotonic hypotheses for association between different journal quality metrics. Selected coefficients were adopted for assessing linear and monotonic relationships of chosen variables and ranking values, respectively. Result: A very strong positive correlation was found between the scores and ranking order based on the SJR, ES, H5 and JIF of selected journals. Hence, academics and researchers in mechanical engineering are encouraged to use the SJR, ES and H5 indicator as an alternative to JIF for evaluation and judgment of scientific journals in the area.
<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Present work studies the role of bibliometric indicators and scientometric instruments for checking the qualities of journals published in the area of construction and building technology. Journal quality review targeted </span><span>comparisons between indicators of significance and merit from reputable databases. Likewise, present work stressed </span><span>on performance of well cited journals and their informational correlations as predicted by selected indicators complex </span><span>algorithms. Main research objective focused on review of scientific journal quality indices that included: Journal </span><span>Impact Factor (JIF), Eigenfactor Score (ES), SCImago Journal Rank indicator (SJR) and H5 index. Dependable construction and building technology journals were chosen from their category within Web of Science. JIFs and ESs are obtained from Journal Citation Report and the SJR from the SCImago Journal and country rank website. Sixty one construction and building technology journals were selected for this work and their related data records and information documents retrieved from their primary sites in relating designated quality indicators (JIF, SJR, ES and H5). Correlations between indicators were elucidated by means of Pearson’s and Spearman’s statistical correlations produced by SPSS software. All reclaimed journals are indexed in Web of Science and Scopus citation database. </span></p></div></div></div>
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