Has anyone had experience with SCImago Journal & Country Rank (http://www.scimagojr.com/)?

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How does SCImago compare to the conventional Impact Factor (IF) as an academic journal validation tool? Is there any study between SCImago and IF?

Avishag Gordon

Hi,

I have some experience with Scimago database, but there are already several papers comparing the Scimago IF with SCIE known IF, and here they are:

Comparison between Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, and SCImago Journal Rank Indicator in Anatomy and Morphology Journals

By: Cantin, Mario; Munoz, M.; Roa, Ignacio

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY Volume: 33 Issue: 3 Pages: 1183-1188 Published: SEP 2015

A comparison of the impact factor and the SCImago Journal Rank index in respiratory system journals

By: Garcia-Pachon, Eduardo; Arencibia-Jorge, Ricardo

ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA Volume: 50 Issue: 7 Pages: 308-309 Published: JUL 2014

Citation analysis of orthopaedic literature; 18 major orthopaedic journals compared for Impact Factor and SCImago

By: Siebelt, Michiel; Siebelt, Teun; Pilot, Peter; et al.

BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS Volume: 11 Article Number: 4 Published: JAN 4 2010

Comparison of SCImago Journal Rank Indicator (SJR) with JCR journal impact factor (IF) for French journals

By: Schoepfel, J.; Prost, H.

PSYCHOLOGIE FRANCAISE Volume: 54 Issue: 4 Pages: 287-305 Published: DEC 2009

JR index (SCImago Journal Rank) and impact factor of the Revista Chilena de Historia Natural: 2003-2007 quinquennium

By: Rau, Jaime R.

REVISTA CHILENA DE HISTORIA NATURAL Volume: 82 Issue: 2 Pages: 315-316 Published: JUN 2009

Comparison of SCImago journal rank indicator with journal impact factor

By: Falagas, Matthew E.; Kouranos, Vasilios D.; Arencibia-Jorge, Ricardo; et al.

FASEB JOURNAL Volume: 22 Issue: 8 Pages: 2623-2628 Published: AUG 2008

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