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An analysis of bibliometric indicators to JCR according to Benford's law.

Alexandre Donizeti Alves, Horacio Hideki Yanasse, Nei Yoshihiro Soma

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Article in Scientometrics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alexandre Donizeti AlvesAeronautics Institute of Technology - ITA, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50 - Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos, SP 12228-900 Brazil.
Horacio Hideki YanasseFederal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP, Avenida Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes, 1201 - Eugênio de Mello, São José dos Campos, SP 12231-280 Brazil.
Nei Yoshihiro SomaAeronautics Institute of Technology - ITA, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50 - Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos, SP 12228-900 Brazil.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is the main source of bibliometric indicators known by the scientific community. This paper presents the results of a study of the distributions of the first and second significant digits according to Benford's law (BL) of the number of articles, citations, impact factors, half-life and immediacy index bibliometric indicators in journals indexed in the JCR Sciences and Social Sciences Editions from 2007 to 2014. We also performed the data analysis to country's origin and by journal's category, and we verified that the second digit has a better adherence to BL. The use of the second digit is important since it provides a more sound, complete and consistent analysis of the bibliometric indicators.

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Benford’s lawBibliometric indicatorsJCRJournal Citation Reports

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PMID27239080
PMCPMC4865528

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