Subjects: Library Science,Information Science >> Philology submitted time 2023-01-13
Abstract:
Purpose/Significance Based on the controversy about the formula of impact factor in academics, this paper explores if the contribution of the non-citable items to the journal’s impact factor is abnormal, making the journal’s impact factor can not correctly reflect the academic impact of the journal itself. Method/Process Using the citation data of all types of journal articles from 2017 to 2021 published in the Web of Science core database, the contribution to the journal impact factors made by non-citable items in the recent five years were calculated and analyzed. Results/Conclusion On the whole, the contribution of non-citable items to the impact factors in the past five years was at a low level and little changed, and there were no obvious signs that exist the behavior of manipulating influencing factors. Therefore, it is not necessary to question the rationality of the calculation formula of the impact factor due to worry that the impact factor is being manipulated.
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