https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Towards a broader understanding of journal impact: measuring relationships between journal characteristics and scholarly impact https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30379 Wed 24 May 2023 11:51:34 AEST ]]> Characterisation of academic journals in the digital age https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30390 Ulrichs), Journal Citation Reports (JCR), SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), Google Scholar Metrics (GS), and Cabell’s Periodical Directory (Cabells). It describes the 13 indicators (variables) that are available through these databases—scholarly impact, subject category, age, total articles, distribution medium, open access, peer review, acceptance rate, pricing, language, country, status, and issue frequency—and highlights the similarities and differences in the ways these indicators are defined and reported. The study also addresses the ways in which this kind of information can be used to better understand particular journals as well as the scholarly publishing system.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:41:57 AEST ]]>