The use of the Percentage Rank Position index for comparative evaluation of journals

Péter Vinkler

Journal of Informetrics, 2014, vol. 8, issue 2, 340-348

Abstract: In the present paper the Percentage Rank Position (PRP) index concluding from the principle of Similar Distribution of Information Impact in different fields of science (Vinkler, 2013), is suggested to assess journals in different research fields comparatively. The publications in the journals dedicated to a field are ranked by citation frequency, and the PRP-index of the papers in the elite set of the field is calculated. The PRP-index relates the citation rank number of the paper to the total number of papers in the corresponding set. The sum of the PRP-index of the elite papers in a journal, PRP(j,F) may represent the eminence of the journal in the field. The non-parametric and non-dimensional PRP(j,F) index of journals is believed to be comparable across fields.

Keywords: Citation rank; Elite set; Field differences; Percentage Rank Position; Eminence of journals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.01.001

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