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Journal Evaluation Function of Scopus and the Empirical Study

Wei Wang

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In order to research the role of Scopus in Journal evaluation,the authors took the journals of Information Science and Library Science as example,conducted correlational analysis with SPSS between JCR impact factor and Scopus impact factor,between JCR immediacy index and Scopus immediacy index,between SJR based on the Scopus database and JCR impact factor.The results showed significant correlations,indicating that it is feasible for Scopus to serve as a tool of evaluating Informa-tion Science and Library Science journals to some extent.

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Key concepts: Scopus, Immediacy, Impact factor, Web of science, Index (typography), Computer science, Library science, World Wide Web