Introducing a bibliometric index based on factor analysis

Pilar Valderrama (), Evaristo Jiménez-Contreras (), Manuel Escabias () and Mariano J. Valderrama ()
Additional contact information
Pilar Valderrama: University of Granada
Evaristo Jiménez-Contreras: University of Granada
Manuel Escabias: University of Granada
Mariano J. Valderrama: Campus Cartuja, University of Granada

Scientometrics, 2022, vol. 127, issue 1, No 20, 509-522

Abstract: Abstract This work applies a factor analysis with VARIMAX rotation to develop a bibliometric indicator, named the Weighted Factor Index, in order to derive a new classification for journals belonging to a certain category, alternative to the one provided by the Journal Impact Factor. For this, 16 metrics from three different databases (Web of Science, Scopus and SCImago Journal Rank) are considered. The Weighed Factor Index entails the advantage of incorporating and summarizing information from all the indicators; so as to test its performance, it was applied to rank journals belonging to the category Information Science & Library Science.

Keywords: Journal impact factor; Factor analysis; VARIMAX; Weighed factor index; Library science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11192-021-04195-4 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:scient:v:127:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-021-04195-4

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/economics/journal/11192

DOI: 10.1007/s11192-021-04195-4

Access Statistics for this article

Scientometrics is currently edited by Wolfgang Glänzel

More articles in Scientometrics from Springer, Akadémiai Kiadó
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().