A Google Scholar h‐index for journals: An alternative metric to measure journal impact in economics and business

Abstract

We propose a new data source (Google Scholar) and metric (Hirsch's h-index) to assess journal impact in

Proof over promise: towards a more inclusive ranking of Dutch academics in Economics & Business

“…Table 5 95 We argue that our "proof over promise" approach is more "democratic"/inclusive than the original Economics top--40. First, by expanding the type of research outputs considered beyond the narrow scope of publications in ISI--listed journals, we remove the disciplinary bias against Management, Marketing and Accounting & Finance, disciplines in which a smaller proportion of high--quality journals is ISI--listed than in Economics and Management Science (Harzing & van der Wal, 2009). Whereas in the original publication--based Economics top--40 more than two thirds of the listed academics works in Economics or Management Science, in our citations--based rankings this proportion is reduced to just over half in the CAY ranking and to 43% in the hIa ranking.…”

“…not just publications in ISI listed journals, but also books, book chapters, working papers, conference papers, and any other research outputs -such as for instance software -cited in academic publications. 5 This largely removes the disciplinary bias that is present in Thomson Reuters Web of Science, in that ISI journal coverage in Economics and Management Science is far more comprehensive than in Management, Marketing and Finance & Accounting (see Harzing & van der Wal, 2009). …”

“…Scott & Mitias, 1996;García, Rodriguez--Sánchez & Fdez--Valdivia, 2012), journals (e.g. Kodrzycki & Yu, 2006;Harzing & van der Wal, 2009) and individuals (e.g. Tol, 2009;Prahap, 2010).…”

Uma Análise Comparativa dos Fatores de Rejeição nos Periódicos de Diferentes Estratos de Administração

“…Internacionalmente, o fator de impacto (dado pelo Journal Citation Report, ou JCR) é a métrica talvez mais frequentemente usada para sinalizar a qualidade dos periódicos (Harzing & Wal, 2009;Selgen, 1997). Introduzido por Garfield em 1955, o fator de impacto dos periódicos é calculado com base no número de citações aos artigos publicados e pelo número de artigos publicados (Garfield, 2006) nos periódicos.…”

The inflation of academic intellectual capital: the case for design science research in Europe

“…Since academic careers are at stake, debates quickly become mired in arguments over what criteria should determine which journals are top (e.g., the RAE, Paul, 2008); how big to make the top (Dennis et al, 2006); or even whether bibliometrics should matter at all (Iivari, 2008). If the ensuing discord is not threatening enough, lurking in the background are the foundations for impact indexing for individual scholars, such as the h-index family of metrics (Harzing & van der Wal, 2007). Such indexes enable a comparative digest of the citation records of individual scholars.…”