Comparison of SCImago journal rank indicator with journal impact factor

[Lic. Ricardo Arencibia Jorge]

Dear Loet,

yes, its very interesting, because the influence weight change the point of view (I remember now the work of Pinsky & Narin (1976), or recent projects like "eigenfactor.org", etc. In this sense, the SCImago Journal and Country Rank will exceed the expectations. The aim of this project is ambitious, and the probability of this project to achieve great results in the field of science assessments is high. 

I think the correlation IF - SJR  will be significant if we take into acount all the journals comprised in the SCImago Journal Rank (We had been developing some experimental studies in specific fields, and the correlation is alwais significant, for the moment ;-). Thats the reason because Dr. Falagas did not emphasize that point in our article. 

However, the analysis of the first 20 journals (as you noted) is an incentive in order to develop more deep studies of the indicators presented by the SCImago Research Group.

Friendly Regards,

Ricardo
  ----- Original Message ----- 
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  Dear Ricardo, 

  I could not resist looking at your table 2 to compute the rank-order correlations between the IF and the SJR. 

  For the top 20 in the SCI, the correlations are as follows:


  For the top 20 on the SJR, the correlations are as follows:



  The correlations are not significant. 
  Interesting, isn't it? 

  Best wishes, Loet

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  Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR), 
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    From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at listserv.utk.edu] On Behalf Of Lic. Ricardo Arencibia Jorge
    Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:53 PM
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    Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Comparison of SCImago journal rank indicator with journal impact factor


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    Dear Colleagues,

    I am sending the link of a paper developed by Matthew E. Falagas and his team from the Alpha Institute of Biomedical Sciences (Athens, Greece), and with the collaboration of Henry Dunant Hospital (Athens, Greece) and the Network of Scientometrics Studies for Higher Education (Havana, Cuba). Its a brief comparison of Journal Citation Report and SCImago Journal & Country Rank, and between the most important indicators both presented: the Impact Factor and the SCImago Journal Rank. These results are only the beginning of several works that I am sure will be developed in the near future in order to statistically compare both indicators.

    Falagas ME, Kouranos VD, Arencibia R, Karageorgopoulos DE. Comparison of SCImago journal rank indicator with journal impact factor. FASEB Journal 2008, Apr 11. http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/abstract/fj.08-107938v1 

    Best regards,

    BSc. Ricardo Arencibia-Jorge
    Network of Scientometric Studies for Higher Education
    National Scientific Research Center, Havana, Cuba.
    ricardo.arencibia at cnic.edu.cu 
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