Abstract In academic publishing, there is a need to be able discern scholarly from unscholarly, deceptive, and/or predatory journals. Predatory journals are not expected among highly ranked in reputable databases. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), which ranks into four quartiles (Q1–Q4), acts as whitelist or safelist for journal selection. Q1 SJR-ranked likely “predatory.” An artificial intelligence ...

The ensemble method is considered an advanced in both prediction and classification. application of this estimated to have a more optimal output than the previous classification method. This article aims determine ensemble's performance classify journal quartiles. subject agriculture was chosen because Indonesia agricultural country, interest researchers field shows positive response. data down...

The potential benefit of open access (OA) in relation to citation impact has been discussed in the literature in depth. The methodology used to test the OA citation advantage includes comparing OA vs. non-OA journal impact factors and citations of OA versus non-OA articles published in the same non-OA journals. However, one problem with many studies is that they are small -restricted to a disci...

he Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (BJCVS) closes the year 2012 with many achievements, a result of hard work of the Editorial Board, the Board of the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery and reviewers, who always are fundamental to the scientific level of our journal is growing. An example is the number of citations, always growing, reflecting the Impact Factor (IF), which r...

The objective of this research is to determine (i) the quantity and quality of publications in biomedical research in top-producing countries in West Africa during 2005–2014, as well as (ii) the characteristics of the journals used by the researchers and collaborative evidence in the area. Data was drawn from MEDLINE/PubMed and Google Scholar, while the impact factors of the journals were retri...

BACKGROUND The quantitative study of the publication output (bibliometrics) deeply influences how scientific work is perceived (bibliometric visibility). Recently, new bibliometric indices and databases have been established, which may change the visibility of disciplines, institutions and individuals. This study examines the effects of the new indices on the visibility of Medical Informatics. ...

BACKGROUND The use of social media in ophthalmology remains largely unknown. Our aim was to evaluate the extent and involvement of ophthalmology journals, professional associations, trade publications, and patient advocacy and fundraising groups on social networking sites. METHODS An archived list of 107 ophthalmology journals from SCImago, trade publications, professional ophthalmology assoc...

The Ambiente & Água Journal has adopted strategies in recent years to increase its relevance within the international scientific community. results of CiteScore, recently released for triennium ending 2020, indicate that journal’s are starting show good results. Evidence an proportion between number citations received versus documents published is corroborated by impact indicators from othe...

In the most recent QUALIS, published at the end of 2016, Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics (DPJO) was upgraded from B3 to B2 stratum by the journals evaluation committee of CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel), a foundation of the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC). That was great news to the main orthodontic scientific journal in Latin America. QUALIS-CA...