Citation success index − An intuitive pair-wise journal comparison metric

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Highlights：

• Citation success index measures the citation capacity of one journal against another.

• Citation success index is not sensitive to outliers in the citation distribution.

• Citation success index is a universal function of the Impact Factor ratio of the two journals.

• A factor of two difference in IFs translates into a modest citation success index.

• Online tool is provided to calculate the citation success index by entering impact factors.

摘要

•Citation success index measures the citation capacity of one journal against another.•Citation success index is not sensitive to outliers in the citation distribution.•Citation success index is a universal function of the Impact Factor ratio of the two journals.•A factor of two difference in IFs translates into a modest citation success index.•Online tool is provided to calculate the citation success index by entering impact factors.

论文关键词：Citations,Journal metrics,Impact factor

论文评审过程：Received 14 July 2016, Revised 25 November 2016, Accepted 19 December 2016, Available online 2 January 2017, Version of Record 2 January 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2016.12.006