Eigenfactor Metrics

[Eugene Garfield]

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TITLE:          The Eigenfactor Metrics (TM): A Network Approach to

                Assessing Scholarly Journals (Article, English)

AUTHOR:         West, JD; Bergstrom, TC; Bergstrom, CT

SOURCE:         COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 71 (3). MAY 2010. p.236-244

                ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES, CHICAGO

 

SEARCH TERM(S):  GARFIELD E  rauth; PRICE DJD  rauth;

                 JOURNALS  item_title;

                 GARFIELD E         JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC   295:90    2006

 

KEYWORDS+:       IMPACT FACTOR

 

ABSTRACT:       Limited time and budgets have created a legitimate need

for quantitative measures of scholarly work. The well-known journal
impact factor is the leading measure of this sort; here we describe an
alternative approach based on the full structure of the scholarly
citation network. The Eigenfactor Metrics-Eigenfactor Score and Article
Influence Score-use an iterative ranking scheme similar to Google's Page
Rank algorithm. By this approach, citations from top journals are
weighted more heavily than citations from lower-tier publications. Here
we describe these metrics and the rankings that they provide.

 

AUTHOR ADDRESS: JD West, Univ Washington, Dept Biol, Seattle, WA 98195
USA

 

 

 

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