{"title":"The Unique Citing Documents Journal Impact Factor (Uniq-JIF) as a Supplement for the standard Journal Impact Factor","authors":"Zhesi Shen, Li Li, Yu Liao","doi":"arxiv-2408.08884","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces the Unique Citing Documents Journal Impact\nFactor(Uniq-JIF) as a supplement to the traditional Journal Impact Factor(JIF).\nThe Uniq-JIF counts each citing document only once, aiming to reduce the\neffects of citation manipulations. Analysis of 2023 Journal Citation Reports\ndata shows that for most journals, the Uniq-JIF is less than 20% lower than the\nJIF, though some journals show a drop of over 75%. The Uniq-JIF also highlights\nsignificant reductions for journals suppressed due to citation issues,\nindicating its effectiveness in identifying problematic journals. The Uniq-JIF\noffers a more nuanced view of a journal's influence and can help reveal\njournals needing further scrutiny.","PeriodicalId":501285,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - CS - Digital Libraries","volume":"307 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"arXiv - CS - Digital Libraries","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.08884","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper introduces the Unique Citing Documents Journal Impact
Factor(Uniq-JIF) as a supplement to the traditional Journal Impact Factor(JIF).
The Uniq-JIF counts each citing document only once, aiming to reduce the
effects of citation manipulations. Analysis of 2023 Journal Citation Reports
data shows that for most journals, the Uniq-JIF is less than 20% lower than the
JIF, though some journals show a drop of over 75%. The Uniq-JIF also highlights
significant reductions for journals suppressed due to citation issues,
indicating its effectiveness in identifying problematic journals. The Uniq-JIF
offers a more nuanced view of a journal's influence and can help reveal
journals needing further scrutiny.
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