Scientometrics
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2022; 28(38): 5648-5657
Published online Oct 14, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i38.5648
Comparison of evaluation indexes for Gastroenterology and Hepatology journals in different databases
Jia-Yuan Li, Zhi-Han Yan, Ze Xiang, Ce Gao, Jian Wu
Jia-Yuan Li, Ze Xiang, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang Province, China
Zhi-Han Yan, Department of Hepatology, Wuxi Fifth People's Hospital Affiliated to Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214005, Jiangsu Province, China
Ce Gao, Jian Wu, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Gusu School, Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215008, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Wu J designed the study and revised the manuscript; Li JY and Yan ZH performed the data analysis and manuscript drafting; Xiang Z and Gao C searched the literature and collected the data; Li JY wrote the paper; Wu J reviewed the results and made critical comments on the manuscript; All authors reviewed and approved the final version; Li JY and Yan ZH contributed equally to this work.
Supported by the Youth Medical Talent of Jiangsu Province, No. QNRC2016475.
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Corresponding author: Jian Wu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Gusu School, Nanjing Medical University, No. 242 Guangji Road, Suzhou 215008, Jiangsu Province, China. wujianglinxing@163.com
Received: August 9, 2022
Peer-review started: August 9, 2022
First decision: August 25, 2022
Revised: September 4, 2022
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Published online: October 14, 2022
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Abstract
BACKGROUND

Accurate assessment of the quality of academic journals is of great significance. While Journal Impact Factor (JIF), calculated by Clarivate and based upon the Web of Science literature database, and CiteScore (CS), developed by Elseiver and based upon the Scopus database, have enjoyed high uptake worldwide, efforts continue towards creation of other scientometric indexes that will provide ever-greater qualitative insights into journal impact. Such efforts have yielded the newly-launched Journal Article Influence Index (JAII), which is based on the Reference Citation Analysis (RCA) database, an open multidisciplinary citation analysis database based on artificial intelligence technology.

AIM

To evaluate and summarize the similarities and differences between JAII and JIF/CS as journal evaluation indicators, and provide an intuitive method for visual representation of the related data.

METHODS

We searched the Journal Citation Reports to obtain the 2021 JIF list, downloaded the CS list updated in July on the Scopus website, and collected the comprehensive list of 2022 JAIIs from the RCA database (www.referencecitationanalysis.com).

RESULTS

Our research results revealed that by breaking through the time limit of mainstream journal evaluation methods, the JAII is able to perform well in data reliability, establishing its benefit as a complementary scientometric index to JIF and CS.

CONCLUSION

JAII provides comprehensive assessment of the quality and performance of journals.

Keywords: Journal Article Influence Index; Journal Impact Factor; CiteScore; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Scientometric index

Core Tip: Compared with Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and CiteScore (CS), the newly-launched Journal Article Influence Index (JAII) breaks through the time limit feature of the former indexes. A key benefit of the JAII is that it does not require the temporal path (wait-time) of JIF and CS to accurately evaluate a journal’s impact. As such, JAII is immediately useful for assessing the performance of journals and the drawbacks of time randomness are overcome. Here, we describe the features of JAII as a comprehensive assessment of the quality and performance of journals, in its functionality based upon the Reference Citation Analysis (RCA) database that covers some more specific journals than other literature databases.