Gonzalez L, Campanario JM, Structure of the impact factor of journals included in the Social Sciences Citation Index: Citations from documents labeled "editorial material" JASIST, 58 (2): 252-262 JAN 15 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: lgonzalez at uah.es; juan.campanario at uah.es 

Author(s): Gonzalez, L (Gonzalez, Lidia); Campanario, JM (Campanario, Juan 
Miguel) 

Title: Structure of the impact factor of journals included in the Social 
Sciences Citation Index: Citations from documents labeled "editorial 
material" 

Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY, 58 (2): 252-262 JAN 15 2007 

Language: English 
Document Type: Article 
Keywords Plus: QUALITY 

Abstract: 
We investigated how citations from documents labeled by the Institute for 
Scientific Information (ISI) as '' editorial material '' contribute to the 
impact factor of academic journals in which they were published. Our 
analysis is based on records corresponding to the documents classified by 
the ISI as editorial material published in journals covered by the Social 
Sciences Citation Index between 1999 and 2003 (50,273 records corresponding 
to editorial material published in 2,374 journals). The results appear to 
rule out widespread manipulation of the impact factor by academic journals 
publishing large amounts of editorial material with many citations to the 
journal itself as a strategy to increase the impact factor. 

Addresses: Univ Alcala de Henares, Dept Fis, Madrid 28871, Spain 
Reprint Address: Gonzalez, L, Univ Alcala de Henares, Dept Fis, Edificio 
Ciencias, Madrid 28871, Spain. 

E-mail Address: lgonzalez at uah.es; juan.campanario at uah.es 

Cited Reference Count: 25 
Times Cited: 0 
Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC 
Publisher Address: 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA 
ISSN: 1532-2882 

DOI: 10.1002/asi.20424 

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