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Journal Impact Factors for evaluating scientific performance: use of h-like indicators

dc.contributor.author Boell, Sebastian Karl en_US
dc.contributor.author Wilson, Concepciòn S en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T15:32:50Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T15:32:50Z
dc.date.issued 2010 en_US
dc.description.abstract This article introduces the Impact Factor squared or IF²-index, an h-like indicator of research performance. This indicator reflects the degree to which large entities such as countries and/or their states participate in top-level research in a field or subfield. The IF²-index uses the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of research publications instead of the number of citations. This concept is applied to other h-type indexes and their results compared to the IF²-index. These JIF-based indexes are then used to assess the overall performance of cancer research in Australia and its states over 8 years from 1999 to 2006. The IF²-index has three advantages when evaluating larger research units: firstly, it provides a stable value that does not change over time, reflecting the degree to which a research unit participated in top-level research in a given year; secondly, it can be calculated closely approximating the publication date of yearly datasets; and finally, it provides an additional dimension when a full article-based citation analysis is not feasible. As the index reflects the degree of participation in top-level research it may favor larger units when units of different sizes are compared. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1588-2861 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/44714
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other research evaluation en_US
dc.subject.other Journal impact factor en_US
dc.subject.other IF²-index en_US
dc.subject.other Australia en_US
dc.subject.other cancer research en_US
dc.subject.other h-index en_US
dc.subject.other h-type indexes en_US
dc.subject.other h-like indexes en_US
dc.subject.other Scientometrics en_US
dc.title Journal Impact Factors for evaluating scientific performance: use of h-like indicators en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
dcterms.accessRights open access
dspace.entity.type Publication en_US
unsw.accessRights.uri https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
unsw.description.publisherStatement The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com en_US
unsw.identifier.doiPublisher http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0175-y en_US
unsw.relation.faculty Business
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 3 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Scientometrics en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 613-626 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 82 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Boell, Sebastian Karl, Information Systems, Technology & Management, Australian School of Business, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Wilson, Concepciòn S, Information Systems, Technology & Management, Australian School of Business, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school School of Information Systems & Technology Management *
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