Do Article Influence scores overestimate the citation impact of social science journals in subfields that are related to higher-impact natural science disciplines?

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Highlights：

• AI does not overestimate 5IF for social science journals in science-linked subfields.

• AI underestimates 5IF for social science journals in science-linked subfields.

• The impact of natural science-related status is independent of other covariates.

摘要

•AI does not overestimate 5IF for social science journals in science-linked subfields.•AI underestimates 5IF for social science journals in science-linked subfields.•The impact of natural science-related status is independent of other covariates.

论文关键词：Bias,Eigenfactor,Interdisciplinary,Journal Citation Reports,Multidisciplinary,Web of Science

论文评审过程：Received 15 December 2013, Revised 4 February 2014, Accepted 10 February 2014, Available online 5 March 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.02.001