Gonzalez-Pereira B., Guerrero-Bote V.P. & Moya-Anegon F. (2010) A new approach to the metric of journals' scientific prestige: The SJR indicator. Journal of Informetrics 4(3): 379-391
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Abstract. A size-independent indicator of journals’ scientific prestige, the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator, is proposed that ranks scholarly journals based on citation weighting schemes and eigenvector centrality. It is designed for use with complex and heterogeneous citation networks such as Scopus. Its computation method is described, and the results of its implementation on the Scopus 2007 dataset is compared with those of an ad hoc Journal Impact Factor, JIF(3y), both generally and within specific scientific areas.