A comparison among citation-based journal indicators and their relative changes with time

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Highlights：

• JIF2 increased faster than JIF5 overall.

• The control of JCR over journal self-citation is effective, though not perfect.

• Differences in journal rankings based on different indexes may be large.

• The correlation between JIF5 and the article influence score is strong.

• Journals in a subject category may have considerably different citation patterns.

摘要

•JIF2 increased faster than JIF5 overall.•The control of JCR over journal self-citation is effective, though not perfect.•Differences in journal rankings based on different indexes may be large.•The correlation between JIF5 and the article influence score is strong.•Journals in a subject category may have considerably different citation patterns.

论文关键词：Journal impact factor,Citation window,Journal self-citation,Journal ranking,Eigenfactor score,Article influence score

论文评审过程：Received 15 August 2019, Revised 10 December 2019, Accepted 6 January 2020, Available online 20 January 2020, Version of Record 20 January 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101007