Metrics are embedded throughout Scopus at the journal, article and author levels. All of these metrics are designed to help facilitate the evaluation of authors, journals and articles. These metrics also provide enhanced views of research areas and help build valuable insights.
SNIP measures a source's contextual citation impact by weighting citation based on the total number of citations in a subject field. It helps you make a direct comparison of sources in different subject fields. SNIP is the ratio of a source's average citation count per paper and the citation potential of its subject field.
SJR is weighted by the prestige of a journal. Subject field, quality, and reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the value of a citation. SJR assigns relative scores to all of the sources in a citation network. Its methodology is inspired by the Google PageRank algorithm, in that not all citations are equal. A source transfers its own 'prestige', or status, to another source through the act of citing it. A citation from a source with a relatively high SJR is worth more than a citation from a source with a lower SJR.
CiteScore is a simple way of measuring the citation impact of sources, such as journals. Calculating the CiteScore is based on the number of citations to documents (articles, reviews, conference papers, book chapters, and data papers) by a journal over four years, divided by the number of the same document types indexed in Scopus and published in those same four years.
In Scopus, click on "Sources" at the top of the page. You will be taken to a list of all of the sources available in the database.
The list is arranged in descending order by CiteScore. You can filter this list using the menu on the left or narrow the results to a particular subject area using the menu at the top.
You can also search the sources by Title, Publisher, or ISSN.
After conducting your search, selecting the title you wish to investigate will bring up a screen that includes details about that title.
Search for journals and select up to 10 titles to compare. You can view your results either as charts or tables.
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