Letter to the Editor: Comments on the paper of Safón and Docampo: what are you reading? From core journals to trendy journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field

Gangan Prathap ()
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Gangan Prathap: A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University

Scientometrics, 2023, vol. 128, issue 7, No 14, 4137-4142

Abstract: Abstract Safón and Docampo (Scientometrics 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04673-x ) presented an objective, replicable methodology to identify trendy journals using a composite score derived from a definition of influence which was based on a geometric mean of a quality and a quantity proxy. Here, we show that an alternative formulation based on a quadratic emphasis on quality can lead to very different results.

Keywords: Trendy Journals; Library and Information Science; Quality; Quantity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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