Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category

The scientific research output of individuals and institutions is commonly evaluated by the number of publications in journals with high impact factor and their corresponding citations. However, the interdisciplinary character of journals reporting advances in conservation science favors their sprea...

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Autores: Palomar Sanz, Teresa, Moure Arroyo, Alberto
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palavra-chave:conservation science
Heritage science
Indexed journals
journal citation report
journal impact factor
professional opinion
Scimago Journal Rank
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spelling Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage CategoryPalomar Sanz, TeresaMoure Arroyo, Albertoconservation scienceHeritage scienceIndexed journalsjournal citation reportjournal impact factorprofessional opinionScimago Journal RankThe scientific research output of individuals and institutions is commonly evaluated by the number of publications in journals with high impact factor and their corresponding citations. However, the interdisciplinary character of journals reporting advances in conservation science favors their spread over different categories of the Journal Citation Report (JCR). Here we report an analysis of the evolution of the impact factor, the percentile, and the citations on the JCR indexed conservation journals over the last ten years. Our analysis shows that of the 57 conservation journals indexed in the JCR, only eight of them have an impact factor. These journals are distributed across different categories in the Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and these categories are sometimes not suitable and decrease their metric impact. This analysis was complemented by a worldwide survey of conservation professionals on their opinions about publishing in these journals. The survey showed two different perspectives about conservation science journals in relation to the background and work of the responders. Conservators and restorers prefer conservation journals with case studies; while researchers prefer high-impact journals, even if they lie outside of the conservation area, so the overall impact factor of conservation journals remains low (low JIF, low Q values). This dichotomy could be fixed with the creation of a new category for heritage science journals in JCR.This work was funded by Fundación General CSIC (ComFu-turo Programme) and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologiade Portugal [ref. CEECIND/02249/2021]Peer reviewedTaylor & Francis0000-0002-3762-87880000-0002-2649-231XConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/350294https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85142636054reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésStudies in Conservationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2022.2142283Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3502942026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category
title Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category
spellingShingle Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category
Palomar Sanz, Teresa
conservation science
Heritage science
Indexed journals
journal citation report
journal impact factor
professional opinion
Scimago Journal Rank
title_short Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category
title_full Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category
title_fullStr Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category
title_sort Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Palomar Sanz, Teresa
Moure Arroyo, Alberto
author Palomar Sanz, Teresa
author_facet Palomar Sanz, Teresa
Moure Arroyo, Alberto
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author2 Moure Arroyo, Alberto
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv conservation science
Heritage science
Indexed journals
journal citation report
journal impact factor
professional opinion
Scimago Journal Rank
topic conservation science
Heritage science
Indexed journals
journal citation report
journal impact factor
professional opinion
Scimago Journal Rank
description The scientific research output of individuals and institutions is commonly evaluated by the number of publications in journals with high impact factor and their corresponding citations. However, the interdisciplinary character of journals reporting advances in conservation science favors their spread over different categories of the Journal Citation Report (JCR). Here we report an analysis of the evolution of the impact factor, the percentile, and the citations on the JCR indexed conservation journals over the last ten years. Our analysis shows that of the 57 conservation journals indexed in the JCR, only eight of them have an impact factor. These journals are distributed across different categories in the Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and these categories are sometimes not suitable and decrease their metric impact. This analysis was complemented by a worldwide survey of conservation professionals on their opinions about publishing in these journals. The survey showed two different perspectives about conservation science journals in relation to the background and work of the responders. Conservators and restorers prefer conservation journals with case studies; while researchers prefer high-impact journals, even if they lie outside of the conservation area, so the overall impact factor of conservation journals remains low (low JIF, low Q values). This dichotomy could be fixed with the creation of a new category for heritage science journals in JCR.
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