{"id":7,"date":"2024-04-04T05:14:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/scopuseng\/comparing-journals\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T14:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:05:55","slug":"comparing-journals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/scopuseng\/comparing-journals\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing journals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Similarly to Web of Science, SCOPUS enables to evaluate the quality of scientific journals and to analyse citations. To do this, select <strong>Sources<\/strong> from the main page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1656\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-47\" title=\"scopus_sources_02.png\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_sources_02.png\" alt=\"c\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_sources_02.png 1656w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_sources_02-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_sources_02-1024x106.png 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_sources_02-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_sources_02-1536x160.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1656px) 100vw, 1656px\">and then enter the title of the journal or the subject you are interested in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1431\" height=\"918\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-43\" title=\"scopus_ajakirjade_loetelu_01.png\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_ajakirjade_loetelu_01.png\" alt=\"c\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_ajakirjade_loetelu_01.png 1431w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_ajakirjade_loetelu_01-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_ajakirjade_loetelu_01-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_ajakirjade_loetelu_01-768x493.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1431px) 100vw, 1431px\"><\/p>\n<p>In the first column you can order the journals by CiteScore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"111\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44\" title=\"2017-09-22_11_24_46-scopus_-_compare_sources_01.png\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2017-09-22_11_24_46-scopus_-_compare_sources_01.png\" alt=\"c\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2017-09-22_11_24_46-scopus_-_compare_sources_01.png 111w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2017-09-22_11_24_46-scopus_-_compare_sources_01-108x300.png 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\"><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">SCOPUS has several different indicators for comparing journals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><strong>CiteScore<\/strong> calculates the number of citations by last years. In addition to journals, it also accounts for conference materials and book series.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-95\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/citescore-2023.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/citescore-2023.png 536w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/citescore-2023-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\"><\/p>\n<p><em>CiteScore methodology<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><strong>SJR<\/strong> (SCImago Journal Rank) <span style=\"color: #222222;\">accounts for both the number of citations and the quality of the journal, this is the so-called indicator of prestige. Citations in a journal of higher prestige are more valuable.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong> (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) allows comparing journals from different fields of science, taking into account the specifics of the field and the potential of citations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">You can also select to see only Open Access journals from there.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"804\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46\" title=\"scopus_oa.png\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_oa.png\" alt=\"c\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_oa.png 1519w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_oa-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_oa-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/scopus_oa-768x406.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1519px) 100vw, 1519px\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Similarly to Web of Science, SCOPUS enables to evaluate the quality of scientific journals and to analyse citations. 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