Is there a need for a new journal metric? Correlations between JCR Impact Factor metrics and the Journal Citation Indicator—JCI

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Highlights：

• The JCI has similar properties to the JIF and the 5-Year JIF.

• The JCI indicator has very significant correlations with the JIF and the 5-year JIF.

• The JCI can be very useful for ESCI and arts and humanities journals.

摘要

•The JCI has similar properties to the JIF and the 5-Year JIF.•The JCI indicator has very significant correlations with the JIF and the 5-year JIF.•The JCI can be very useful for ESCI and arts and humanities journals.

论文关键词：Journal citation indicator,Journal citation reports,Journal impact factor,Correlations,Scientific journal,Normalized indicators

论文评审过程：Received 14 December 2021, Revised 3 June 2022, Accepted 14 July 2022, Available online 21 July 2022, Version of Record 21 July 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101315