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SCImago Journal Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is a prestige-weighted metric measuring journal citation impact based on Scopus data, developed by SCImago Group (a Spanish research consortium) in 2010. Unlike raw citation counts, SJR values citations from high-prestige journals more heavily than those from lower-prestige journals, similar to Google's PageRank algorithm. This prestige weighting approach accounts for field-specific citation cultures and provides fairer cross-discipline comparisons than raw impact factor. SJR is widely used for journal ranking, quality assessment, and publication targeting, complementing traditional Impact Factor with a prestige dimension.

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SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Metric
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / bibliometrics
  • González-Pereira, B., Guerrero-Bote, V. P., & Moya-Anegón, F. (2010). The SJR indicator: A new indicator of journals' scientific prestige. Scientometrics, 82(2), 391-400. · URL
  • SCImago. (2024). SJR Rankings & Methodology. Retrieved from https://www.scimagojr.com/ · URL
  • Elsevier Scopus. (2023). CiteScore and SJR Comparison. Retrieved from https://blog.scopus.com/ · URL
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