 Measuring the utility of journals in the crime‐psychology field: Beyond the impact factorGlenn D. Walters Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2006, vol. 57, issue 13, 1804-1813 Abstract: A measure of formal journal utility designed to offset some of the more noteworthy limitations of the impact factor (IF)—i.e., short follow‐up, citations to items in the numerator that are not included in the denominator, self‐citations, and the greater citation rate of review articles—was constructed and applied to 15 crime‐psychology journals. This measure, referred to as Citations Per Article (CPA), was correlated with a measure of informal journal utility defined as the frequency with which 58 first authors in the field consulted these 15 crime‐psychology journals. Results indicated that the CPA, but not the IF, correlated significantly with informal utility. Two journals (Law and Human Behavior and Criminal Justice and Behavior) displayed consistently high impact across measures of formal and informal utility while several other journals (Journal of Interpersonal Violence; Psychology, Public Policy, and Law; Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment; and Behavioral Sciences and the Law) showed signs of moderate impact when formal and informal measures were combined. Date: 2006 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jamist:v:57:y:2006:i:13:p:1804-1813 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology from Association for Information Science & Technology |
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