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Effective Database Searching: CiteScore

This guide to key library databases helps you decide which databases to use and assists you in searching them more effectively.

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CiteScore

CiteScore is an alternative to the journal Impact Factor providing another way to analyze a journal publication's influence.  It represents the average citations that a title receives for peer-reviewed documents up through a four-year period.  A benefit of CiteScore is broader coverage of almost twice as many journals compared to that of the journal impact factor. Additionally, CiteScore Tracker provides an up-to-date view of how a journal is performing throughout the course of the year as it builds monthly.

The calculation of CiteScore for the current year is based on the number of citations received by a journal in the last 4 years (including the calculation year), divided by the number of documents published in the journal in those four years. Note: Document types include: articles, reviews, conference papers, data papers and book chapters. 

Cautions

  • CiteScore should only be used to compare related journals (not across different disciplines)

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