Recentemente CLINICS propôs para debate a idéia de que o QUALIS 2010 era passı́vel de aperfeiçoamento, através do conceito dos três erres (Remover periódicos de revisão, Reconhecer outras métricas de avaliação, Reavaliar periódicos brasileiros). Submetido ao debate por pares por ocasião do II Seminário Satélite para Editores Plenos (ABEC Novembro de 2010), concluiu-se que idealmente haveria que ...

Background Impact factor (IF) is widely accepted as a measure of journal's quality but it can be influenced by self-citation. However, the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) based on journal prestige, excludes self-citation and considers citations journal. This study aimed to investigate editors' use whether this correlated with IFs or SJR in trauma orthopaedic (T&O) journals. Methods T&O journals data...

The launch of Google Scholar Metrics as a tool for assessing scientific journals may be serious competition for Thomson Reuters’ Journal Citation Reports, and for Scopus’ powered Scimago Journal Rank. , A review of these bibliometric journal evaluation products is performed. We compare their main characteristics from different approaches: coverage, indexing policies, search and visualization, b...

latter is available on free access. The classification order of the journals for each index was reviewed and the possible correlation between both indicators was evaluated using Spearman’s test. The Journal Citation Reports includes 50 specialized respiratory system journals and the SCImago Journal & Country Rank includes 98. In general, it was found that the top journals occupy similar positio...

Using the same methodology as that employed by Thomson Reuters, SCImago estimates that the current impact factor for the BJP is 0.97 (Figure 1). The difference between the two indices lies in the fact that there are a greater number of journals in the SciVerse Scopus database, which is used by the SCImago, and this has a strong and significant correlation.(2) Figure 1 shows the SCImago rank cla...