Varin, Cristiano, Cattelan, Manuela and Firth, David (2013) Statistical modelling of citation exchange among statistics journals. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick : Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology (CRiSM). CRiSM Research Reports (Number 13-19). (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Scholarly journal rankings based on citation data are often met with skepticism by the scientific community. Part of the skepticism is due to the discrepancy between the common perception of journals' prestige and their ranking based on citation counts. A more serious concern is the inappropriate use of journal rankings to evaluate the scientific influence of authors. This paper focuses on analysis of the table of cross-citations among a selection of Statistics journals. Data are collected from the Web of Science database published by Thomson Reuters. Our results suggest that modelling the exchange of citations between journals is useful to highlight the most prestigious journals, but also that journal citation data are characterized by considerable heterogeneity, which needs to be properly summarized. Inferential conclusions require care in order to avoid potential over-interpretation of insignificant differences between journal ratings.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Statistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Statistics -- Periodicals -- Ratings and rankings , Statistics -- Periodicals -- Evaluation., Bibliographical citations -- Statistics -- Periodicals, Scholarly periodicals -- Ratings and rankings
Series Name:	CRiSM Research Reports
Publisher:	University of Warwick : Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology (CRiSM)
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Official Date:	2013
Dates:	Date Event 2013 Available
Number:	Number 13-19
Number of Pages:	24
Institution:	University of Warwick
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Open Access Version:	ArXiv

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