Creation of journal-based publication profiles of scientific institutions — A methodology for the interdisciplinary comparison of scientific research based on the J-factor

Rafael Ball (), Bernhard Mittermaier and Dirk Tunger
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Rafael Ball: Forschungszentrum Jülich
Bernhard Mittermaier: Forschungszentrum Jülich
Dirk Tunger: Forschungszentrum Jülich

Scientometrics, 2009, vol. 81, issue 2, No 6, 392 pages

Abstract: Abstract A form of normalisation is presented for the evaluation of citation data on multidisciplinary research. This method is based on the existing classification according to the publishing journals and not on the classification of output according to ISI subject categories. A publication profile is created for each institution to be investigated. This profile accounts for the weight of publications in a journal, represented by the number of publications as a proportion of the total output of the institution. In accordance with this weight, the citation rate of each journal is compared to a qualified relative indicator. The final result is a relative citation rate J, which is the relative perception of the performance of an institution accounting for its publication and citation habits and makes a transdisciplinary comparison possible.

Date: 2009
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