Discrepancies re "Journal of Informetrics"

[Plume, Andrew (ELS-OXF)]

Dear Paul,

JoI is listed in the *Social Science* edition as follows:

Full Journal Title:	Journal of Informetrics 	
ISO Abbrev. Title:	 J. Informetr.
JCR Abbrev. Title:	 J INFORMETR
ISSN:	 1751-1577
Issues/Year:	4  
Language:	 ENGLISH
Journal Country/Territory:	 NETHERLANDS
Publisher:	 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Publisher Address:	 PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Subject Categories:	INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

I can confirm that in JCR today I am able to verify the IF as reported on the Elsevier website.

Kind regards,
Andrew Plume

Dr Andrew Plume |Associate Director - Scientometrics & Market Analysis |Research & Academic Relations Department|Elsevier |The Boulevard |Langford Lane |Kidlington |Oxford |OX5 1GB |UK



-----Original Message-----
From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Colin de Glouce?ter
Sent: 09 January 2013 13:08
To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Discrepancies re "Journal of Informetrics"


Dear all:

According to
WWW.journals.Elsevier.com/journal-of-informetrics
today:
"[. . .]

Impact Factor: 4.229
Impact Factor:
2011: 4.229
© Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2012 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.944 Five-Year Impact Factor:
2011: 3.944
To calculate the five year Impact Factor, citations are counted in 2011 to the previous five years and divided by the source items published in the previous five years.
© Journal Citation Reports 2012, Published by Thomson Reuters
Imprint: ELSEVIER
ISSN: 1751-1577

[. . .]"

However, when I tried today, I did not succeed in trying to find this journal listed by 2011 JCR Science Edition (nor 2010 JCR Science Edition nor 2009 JCR Science Edition).

I tried
Journal of Informetrics
as
Full Journal Title
and
Informetrics
as
Title Word
1751-1577
as
ISSN
and
17511577
as
ISSN
and
1751 1577
as
ISSN. None of these searches found even one journal.

I also tried
Info*
as
Title Word
which listed 97 journals, very few of which had an impact factor of circa 4.229 and none of these seemed to be The "Journal of Informetrics".

I also tried ordering all journals (of all categories) by impact factor. According to
HTTP://Admin-apps.WebOfKnowledge.com/JCR/JCR?RQ=LIST_SUMMARY_JOURNAL&cursor=741
today, journals with impact factors of approximately 4.229 were:
"[. . .]

2011 JCR Science Edition

[. . .]

Journals from:    	[all ]subject categories ACOUSTICS; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & 
POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE; AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; AGRONOMY; ALLERGY; ANATOMY & MORPHOLOGY; ANDROLOGY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS; AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS; BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIOLOGY; BIOPHYSICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY; CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS; CELL & TISSUE ENGINEERING; CELL BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CHEMISTRY, APPLIED; CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR; CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL; CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS; CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY; CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE; DERMATOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM; ENERGY & FUELS; ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE; ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL; ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL; ENGINEERING, CIVIL; ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC; ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL; ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL; ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING; ENGINEERING, MARINE; ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL; ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; ENGINEERING, OCEAN; ENGINEERING, PETROLEUM; ENTOMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISHERIES; FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY; FORESTRY; GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY; GENETICS & HEREDITY; GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS; GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL; GEOLOGY; GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES; HEMATOLOGY; HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; HORTICULTURE; IMAGING SCIENCE & PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DI
SEASES; INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION; INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE; LIMNOLOGY; LOGIC; MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY; MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS; MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS; MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHARACTERIZATION & TESTING; MATERIALS SCIENCE, COATINGS & FILMS; MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES; MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; MATERIALS SCIENCE, PAPER & WOOD; MATERIALS SCIENCE, TEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; MATHEMATICS, APPLIED; MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS; MECHANICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL; MEDICINE, LEGAL; MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL; METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING; METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING; MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES; MYCOLOGY; NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCES; NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY; NURSING; NUTRITION & DIETETICS; OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICS; ORNITHOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY; PHYSICS, APPLIED; PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL; PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER; PHYSICS, FLUIDS & PLASMAS; PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL; PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; PHYSICS, NUCLEAR; PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SCIENCES; POLYMER SCIENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING; REHABILITATION; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RHEUMATOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SOIL SCIENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; SPORT SCIENCES; STATISTICS & PROBABILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURGERY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY; TROPICAL MEDICINE; UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY; VETERINARY SCIENCES; VIROLOGY; WATER RESOURCES; ZOOLOGY View Category Su
mmary List
  Sorted by:  	Impact Factor
Journals 741 - 760 (of 8336) [. . .]
[. . .] Rank  	Abbreviated Journal Title
(linked to journal information) 	ISSN 	JCR Data More Information 	Eigenfactor® 
MetricsMore Information
Total Cites 	Impact
Factor 	5-Year
Impact
Factor 	Immediacy
Index 	Articles 	Cited
Half-life 	Eigenfactor®
Score 	Article Influence®
Score
	741 	J NEUROPATH EXP NEUR 	0022-3069 	8410 	4.258 	4.633 	0.435 	92 	9.1 
0.01604 	1.573
	742 	HEALTH TECHNOL ASSES 	1366-5278 	3803 	4.255 	5.596 	1.091 	44 	6.1 
0.01318 	2.198
	742 	MULT SCLER J 	1352-4585 	5234 	4.255 	3.788 	0.901 	182 	4.4 	0.01740 	1.139
	744 	EXPERT REV VACCINES 	1476-0584 	2463 	4.251 	3.865 	1.076 	119 	3.3 
0.01051 	1.187
	745 	BRIT J ANAESTH 	0007-0912 	11983 	4.243 	3.848 	1.400 	235 	7.9 	0.02244 	1.072
	746 	CANCER LETT 	0304-3835 	17370 	4.238 	4.031 	0.610 	341 	5.8 	0.04749 	1.180
	747 	CURR OPIN SOLID ST M 	1359-0286 	2354 	4.233 	5.884 	0.833 	30 	9.0 
0.00298 	1.892
	748 	ANALYST 	0003-2654 	14243 	4.230 	4.119 	0.758 	694 	8.0 	0.02503 	1.064
	749 	DRUGS 	0012-6667 	8530 	4.226 	3.692 	0.757 	140 	8.3 	0.01536 	1.029
	750 	AM J OPHTHALMOL 	0002-9394 	19089 	4.223 	3.885 	0.861 	259 	8.8 	0.03926 
1.337
	750 	HEART 	1355-6037 	12294 	4.223 	4.366 	1.319 	279 	6.0 	0.03787 	1.549
	752 	ACTA PSYCHIAT SCAND 	0001-690X 	10311 	4.220 	4.299 	0.903 	93 	>10.0 
0.01506 	1.335
	753 	LEARN MEMORY 	1072-0502 	4822 	4.219 	4.545 	0.842 	95 	6.2 	0.01713 	1.880
	754 	HUM GENE THER 	1043-0342 	6220 	4.218 	3.963 	1.069 	145 	7.8 	0.01311 	1.265
	755 	J BIOMED NANOTECHNOL 	1550-7033 	1226 	4.216 	3.250 	0.790 	181 	2.5 
0.00269 	0.482
	756 	J INNATE IMMUN 	1662-811X 	612 	4.209 	4.330 	1.790 	62 	1.8 	0.00322 	1.526
	757 	CURR OPIN DRUG DISC 	1367-6733 	1857 	4.202 	3.774 	  	0 	4.6 	0.00639 	1.092
	758 	CELL MOTIL CYTOSKEL 	0886-1544 	2966 	4.194 	3.197 	  	0 	8.9 	0.00835 	1.492
	759 	MOL CELL ENDOCRINOL 	0303-7207 	10097 	4.192 	3.679 	0.753 	299 	5.9 
0.02908 	1.195
	760 	CURR OPIN GASTROEN 	0267-1379 	1857 	4.190 	3.571 	0.438 	73 	3.7 
0.00870 	1.177
[. . .]"

There is neither an impact factor of 4.229 nor a 5-Year Impact Factor of 3.944 there.

However, I also tried today to search for
"Journals from:    	 publishers ELSEVIER"
and 2011 JCR Science Edition then reported only nine journals from Elsevier!

Why did Elsevier claim today an impact factor for The "Journal of Informetrics" 
which JCR did not verify for me today?

Yours faithfully,
Paul Colin de Glouceſter


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