On the stability of citation-based journal rankings

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Highlights：

• Three aspects of ranking stability were analyzed for 26,411 WoS and Scopus journals.

• Five-year citation windows provide higher temporal stability of journal rankings.

• Source normalization partially controls for cross-discipline ranking fluctuations.

• Cross-indicator ranking stability largely differs among subject fields and indicators.

• Journals in social sciences and humanities have generally lower ranking stability.

摘要

•Three aspects of ranking stability were analyzed for 26,411 WoS and Scopus journals.•Five-year citation windows provide higher temporal stability of journal rankings.•Source normalization partially controls for cross-discipline ranking fluctuations.•Cross-indicator ranking stability largely differs among subject fields and indicators.•Journals in social sciences and humanities have generally lower ranking stability.

论文关键词：Journal rankings,Journal evaluation,Journal impact measures,Ranking stability

论文评审过程：Received 3 May 2015, Revised 26 August 2015, Accepted 26 August 2015, Available online 19 November 2015, Version of Record 19 November 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.08.005