CiteScore is the key journal metric (based on citations to its articles) developed by Scopus. Each journal record may also include metrics with different methodology (to account for differences in disciplines).
Journal metrics in Scopus include:
- CiteScore
- Journal impact based on citations in selected documents (developed by Elsevier/Scopus)
- SJR
- SCIMago Journal Rank
- Weights citations in calculating the rank
- SNIP
- Source Normalized Impact per Paper
- Takes into account different level of citation numbers/prevalence by field/discipline
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