Some "non-predatory" journals owned by small professionals groups and institutions, remain for a long time outside the PubMed and PMC index. Despite many citations to their articles as seen in Google Scholar, they can not claim an impact factor of any sort. Can an "impact factor-like" metric be calculated for such a journal based on the numbers of citations seen in Google Scholar? If so, what do you call this metric? There is an RG IF why there is no GS IF?
So far I know, Scopus (Elsevier) have already started such matric for their indexed journals - which is far more vast than the Thomson Reuters impact factor list.
Thanks.
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Shibabrata Pattanayak
SCOPUS is widely used however, as a publisher, Elsevier is clearly having a very high risk conflict of interest that can not be denied whatever they claim. They will only provide IF for their own indexed journals. For the Same journal I have seen two reports from SCOPUS and PubMed. The indexation assessors method and their responses are much subjective than indexation by the PubMed. The Embargo period is 5 years whereas PubMed is only 2 years. Their reports are simply a free text message that comes a an email whereas the reports from PubMed provides the editors with itemized response based on the criteria of the selection in a table format and scores. "The editorial Board looks as if it mainly a group of diaspora physicians from XXXXX region". How that helps a decision to select or not select. I strongly encourage emerging medical Journals (non-predatory of course) to focus on meeting the criteria for and timely apply for PuBMd entry (PMC or Medline). All other indexation databases made by others who may have a potential conflict of interest should be kept under scrutiny
Hi,
The Publish or Perish (PoP) database that is free for downloading, provides many indicators , based on GS data. If you search the data on a certain journal, this database produces many useful impact and influence results.
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