Favourable Effect of Changes on 2020 Journal Citation Reports Calculation: A Pilot Analysis in Immunology Category to Generate “Baits for a Good Catch” in Near Future
Jefferson Russo Victor1★★ Corresponding author
- 1Laboratory of Medical Investigation LIM 56, Division of Dermatology, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL.
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Jefferson Russo Victor
Laboratory of Medical Investigation LIM 56, Division of Dermatology, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL.
Received: 13-06-2022; Revised: 19-07-2022; Accepted: 30-08-2022.
Volume 11, Issue 3 · pp. 469–470 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.11.3.50
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The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2020 release contains the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for each journal indexed in the Web of Science data bank. A change influenced this recent release in its calculation because of the inclusion of early access items not considered in previous releases. These alterations can directly influence JIF results, mainly due to a more extensive source of citations, but this may not have occurred homogeneously for all journals. We performed a simplified evaluation of JIF progression in one area Web of Science journals category, Immunology, to evaluate the effect of these alterations in JIFs and discuss possible reasons for the observed effect yielding some evidence for the next JCR release.
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Victor, J. R. (). Favourable Effect of Changes on 2020 Journal Citation Reports Calculation: A Pilot Analysis in Immunology Category to Generate “Baits for a Good Catch” in Near Future. Journal of Scientometric Research, 11(3), 469–470. https://doi.org/10.5530/jscires.11.3.50