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    Citation analysis and peer ranking of Australian social science journals

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    Authors
    Haddow, Gaby
    Genoni, Paul
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Citation
    Haddow, Gaby and Genoni, Paul. 2010. Citation analysis and peer ranking of Australian social science journals. Scientometrics. 85 (2): pp. 471-487.
    Source Title
    Scientometrics
    DOI
    10.1007/s11192-010-0198-4
    ISSN
    01389130
    Faculty
    Department of Information Studies
    Faculty of Humanities
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    The original publication is available at : http://www.springerlink.com

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22566
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Citation analyses were performed for Australian social science journals to determine the differences between data drawn from Web of Science and Scopus. These data were compared with the tier rankings assigned by disciplinary groups to the journals for the purposes of a new research assessment model, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), due to be implemented in 2010. In addition, citation-based indicators including an extended journal impact factor, the h-index, and a modified journal diffusion factor, were calculated to assess whether subsequent analyses influence the ranking of journals. The findings suggest that the Scopus database provides higher number of citations for more of the journals. However, there appears to be very little association between the assigned tier ranking of journals and their rank derived from citations data. The implications for Australian social science researchers are discussed in relation to the use of citation analysis in the ERA.

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