Analysis of the distribution of cited journals according to their positions in the h-core of citing journal listed in Journal Citation Reports

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Highlights：

• The distribution of all cited journals showed a double logarithmic trend.

• 25% of cited journals comprised the main source of references for citing journals.

• About 70% of journals were not the most frequently cited ones among all cited journals.

• The number of citations needed to occupy position 1 was curvilinear (double logarithmic plot).

摘要

•The distribution of all cited journals showed a double logarithmic trend.•25% of cited journals comprised the main source of references for citing journals.•About 70% of journals were not the most frequently cited ones among all cited journals.•The number of citations needed to occupy position 1 was curvilinear (double logarithmic plot).

论文关键词：Journal citations,Journal distribution,Journal ranking

论文评审过程：Received 3 December 2013, Revised 10 March 2014, Accepted 10 April 2014, Available online 4 May 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.04.007