Citation analysis and impact factor trends in the Ergonomics Journal List, 1975-2007

Title: Citation analysis and impact factor trends in the Ergonomics Journal List, 1975-2007
Creator: Smith, Derek R.
Relation: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Vol. 20, Issue 1, p. 87-96
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20165
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2010
Description: The current study sought to investigate and analyze citation-based trends in the field of human factors and ergonomics over a relatively long period of time. Journals were selected from the Ergonomics Journal List (EJL), originally formulated by Dul and Karwowski in 2004. Data were extracted from the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports via a custom order in 2008. Various bibliometric indicators were examined and analyzed, including total citation counts, cited half-lives, immediacy indices, and journal impact factors. Overall, the results suggest that, although citation counts have increased in recent years, trends were less clear regarding cited half-lives and immediacy indices. Impact factors rose over time, however, with individual journals increasing their scores between 200% and 613%, with an overall increase of 416% for the EJL between 1975 and 2007.
Subject: citation analysis; bibliometrics; impact factors; human factors; ergonomics; publishing
Identifier: uon:9588
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/922554
Identifier: ISSN:1090-8471
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