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This aim of the study described in this paper was to see if there is agreement between the rankings produced by the two panels that would allow journal rank to be a reasonable proxy for quality.
A size-independent indicator of journals' scientific prestige, the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator, is proposed that ranks scholarly journals based on citation weighting schemes and eigenvector centrality.
This isn't a good thing, as the evidence linking journal rank with the merit of individual articles is weak to moderate, at best.
Falagas ME, Kouranos VD, Arencibia-Jorge R and Karageorgopoulos DE (2008) Comparison of SCImago journal rank indicator with journal impact factor.
In your journal, rank these criteria according to the importance that you think they should have in determining whether a person should be admitted to a college (1 being most important, 6 being least important).
But here science is bad at being scientific: the actual quality takes second place to the perception of quality, which is so strong that journal rank creates its own biosphere.
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Furthermore, it should be kept in mind that a perfect journal ranking does not exist and that rankings need an ongoing evaluation by the community.
The Wall Street Journal ranked Duke sixth (fifth among universities) in its "feeder" rankings in 2006, analyzing the percentage of undergraduates that enroll in what it considers the top five medical, law, and business schools.
By contrast, individual rankings react much more sensitive to a change in the underlying journal ranking.
Restaurant magazine, a trade journal, ranks it the best restaurant in the world.
Among newspapers distributed Monday through Friday, The Wall Street Journal ranked first, reporting an average daily circulation of 2,117,796.
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