Geometric journal impact factors correcting for individual highly cited articles

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Highlights：

• The geometric mean gives more stable results than the arithmetic mean for JIF calculations.

• The geometric mean is recommended instead of the arithmetic mean for JIF calculations.

• Mendeley readership-based JIF variants are as stable as those using Scopus citations.

摘要

•The geometric mean gives more stable results than the arithmetic mean for JIF calculations.•The geometric mean is recommended instead of the arithmetic mean for JIF calculations.•Mendeley readership-based JIF variants are as stable as those using Scopus citations.

论文关键词：Journal impact factors,Mendeley,Altmetrics

论文评审过程：Received 21 December 2014, Revised 6 February 2015, Accepted 6 February 2015, Available online 24 February 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.02.004