Optimizing SCImago Journal & Country Rank classification by community detection

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Highlights：

• The combination of citation-based networks succeeds in optimizing journal classification.

• VOS and Louvain clustering algorithms work fine on large journal citation networks.

• VOS and Louvain clustering solutions enhanced original SJR journal classification.

• Both algorithms showed a very similar performance in journal classification.

摘要

•The combination of citation-based networks succeeds in optimizing journal classification.•VOS and Louvain clustering algorithms work fine on large journal citation networks.•VOS and Louvain clustering solutions enhanced original SJR journal classification.•Both algorithms showed a very similar performance in journal classification.

论文关键词：Community detection,Clustering,SCImago Journal & Country Rank,Journal classification,Citation-based network

论文评审过程：Received 11 June 2013, Revised 14 January 2014, Accepted 16 January 2014, Available online 13 February 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.01.011