Scientometrics (journal)
{{Infobox journal
| title = Scientometrics
| cover =
| discipline = Scientometrics
| abbreviation = Scientometrics
| editor = Wolfgang Glänzel
| publisher = Springer Science+Business Media
| frequency = Monthly
| history = 1978–present
| impact = 3.238
| impact-year = 2020
| website = https://www.springer.com/journal/11192/about
| link2 = https://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/11192
| link2-name = Online archive
| ISSN = 0138-9130
| eISSN = 1588-2861
| CODEN = SCNTDX
| LCCN = 79645095
| OCLC = 4846912
}}
Scientometrics is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of scientometrics. It publishes original studies, short communications, review papers, letters to the editor, and book reviews. It is published by Akadémiai Kiadó and Springer Science+Business Media and was established in 1978. Its founder and first editor-in-chief was Tibor Braun.
Abstracting and indexing
This journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- Biological Abstracts{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=BA |title=Biological Abstracts – Journal List |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2018-12-07}}
- BIOSIS Previews{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2018-12-07}}
- Chemical Abstracts Service{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=American Chemical Society |work=Chemical Abstracts Service |accessdate=2018-12-07}}
- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
- EBSCO databases
- Inspec{{cite web |url=http://www.theiet.org/resources/inspec/support/docs/loj.cfm?type=pdf |title=Inspec list of journals |format=PDF |publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology |work=Inspec |access-date=2018-12-07}}
- ProQuest databases
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Scopus{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/24222 |title=Source details: Scientometrics |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus preview |access-date=2018-12-07}}
- Zentralblatt Math{{cite web |url=http://www.zentralblatt-math.org/serials/ |title=Serials Database |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |work=Zentralblatt MATH |access-date=2018-12-07}}
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.238.{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Scientometrics |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science/Social Sciences |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}
Plagiarism case
Jeffrey Beall reported that the editor of Scientometrics initially reacted indifferently to the discovery of extended word-for-word plagiarism in a 2013 article.{{cite web |url=http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/03/06/is-the-editor-of-the-springer-journal-scientometrics-indifferent-to-plagiarism/#more-3197 |title=Is the Editor of the Springer Journal Scientometrics indifferent to plagiarism? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023204041/http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/03/06/is-the-editor-of-the-springer-journal-scientometrics-indifferent-to-plagiarism/ |archive-date=2014-10-23 |date=2014-03-06 |author=Jeffrey Beall |authorlink=Jeffrey Beall |url-status=dead}} The authors in question had copied material from a source and provided a citation, but had not used quotation marks. In the end, the article was retracted.{{cite journal |last1=Akhmat |first1=Ghulam |last2=Zaman |first2=Khalid |last3=Shukui |first3=Tan |last4=Ahmed |first4=Tauseef |title=RETRACTED ARTICLE: Educational reforms and internationalization of universities: evidence from major regions of the world |journal=Scientometrics |date=26 September 2013 |volume=98 |issue=3 |pages=2185–2205 |doi=10.1007/s11192-014-1305-8|doi-access=free }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.springer.com/journal/11192/about}}
- [http://issi-society.org/awards/derek-de-solla-price-memorial-medal/ Derek John de Solla Price Medal of the journal Scientometrics]; International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics
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Category:Academic journals established in 1978