Evaluating journal quality : A review of journal citation indicators and ranking in library and information science core journals

Inconsistent quality signals: evidence from the regional journals

“…1 ). Quartile, as a derivative of the Scimago Journal Rank (Ahmad et al, 2019 ; Pisoschi & Pisoschi, 2016 ), is an easily accessible and distinctive tool which subdivides Scopus journals into four levels of quality. Some Post-Soviet countries base their scientific measurement systems on the quartile data, thus making the quartile a substantial signal of journal quality.…”

“…The impact (citedness) of regional journals, considered one of the components of journal quality (Ahmad et al, 2019 ), has a slow-growing trend (Table 2 ). Countries with a single journal in Physics and Astronomy, including Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, and Kazakhstan, have marginal to low levels (0.1–0.9) of the CiteScore.…”

“…Bibliometric signals of journal quality are widely accepted as signal measurement instruments (Ahmad et al, 2019 ; Pisoschi & Pisoschi, 2016 ). Literature does not offer similar measurements for the assessment of authors' previous publication records.…”

Expanding the boundaries of interdisciplinary field: Contribution of Network Science journal to the development of network science

“…This is especially true for newer journals (Simons, 2008), when researchers are left with nothing but a publisher's reputation to rely on (e.g., Allen & Heath, 2013;Gabbidon et al, 2010). Despite newer comparative studies evaluating various quality indicators (e.g., Mingers & Yang, 2017;Chavarro et al, 2018;Ahmad et al, 2019) and development of new indices of quality assessment (e.g., Zhang et al, 2019;Xie et al, 2019), the question remains: how does a journal establish its reputation?…”

“…This is especially true for newer journals(Simons, 2008), when researchers are left with nothing but a publisher's reputation to rely on (e.g.,Allen & Heath, 2013;Gabbidon et al, 2010). Despite newer comparative studies evaluating various quality indicators (e.g.,Mingers & Yang, 2017;Chavarro et al, 2018;Ahmad et al, 2019) and development of new indices of quality assessment (e.g.,Zhang et al, 2019;Xie et al, 2019), the question remains: how does a journal establish its reputation?In this study, we attempt to answer this important question for one of the newest, and a priori set as flagship, journals for network research studies-Network Science. Having published its inaugural issue in 2013, it is still establishing itself as a premier research outlet.…”