Using Scopus’s CiteScore for assessing the quality of computer science conferences

Highlights：

• According to CiteScore, conferences make up 30% of all 515 top quartile publication venues in computer science.

• CiteScore increasingly corresponds with expert ratings as agreement among the latter expands.

• CiteScore unambiguously separates top 10% conferences from others within the larger population of top quartile venues.

• CiteScore fills a major gap in expert-based ratings by providing a method that effectively assesses the quality of new conferences.

• Unlike other rating and ranking systems, CiteScore allows qualified small conference venues to feature among the top quartile.

摘要

•According to CiteScore, conferences make up 30% of all 515 top quartile publication venues in computer science.•CiteScore increasingly corresponds with expert ratings as agreement among the latter expands.•CiteScore unambiguously separates top 10% conferences from others within the larger population of top quartile venues.•CiteScore fills a major gap in expert-based ratings by providing a method that effectively assesses the quality of new conferences.•Unlike other rating and ranking systems, CiteScore allows qualified small conference venues to feature among the top quartile.

论文关键词：Bibliometrics,Citation analysis,CiteScore,Conference publications,Conference ratings,Conference rankings,Google Scholar Metrics,Impact factor,Microsoft Academic,Publishing,Research assessment,Research evaluation,Scopus

论文评审过程：Received 15 October 2018, Revised 5 February 2019, Accepted 10 February 2019, Available online 19 February 2019, Version of Record 19 February 2019.