Should we use the mean citations per paper to summarise a journal's impact or to rank journals in the same field?

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Calver, M.C. and Bradley, J.S. (2009) Should we use the mean citations per paper to summarise a journal's impact or to rank journals in the same field? Scientometrics, 81 (3). pp. 611-615.

Link to Published Version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-2229-y
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Abstract

The mean citations per paper is used increasingly as a simple metric for indicating the impact of a journal or comparing journal rankings. While convenient, we suggest that it has limitations given the highly skewed distributions of citations per paper in a wide range of journals.

Publication Type:	Journal Article
Murdoch Affiliation:	School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
Copyright:	© 2009 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/1020

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