A comparison of bibliometric indicators for evaluating the top 100 Open Access Journals

A comparative study was performed based on scientific metrics for the year 2019 for the top 100 open access journals (OAJ) extracted from the web of science. The considered bibliometric indicators are Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Eugene Factor Score (ES), Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), Cite Score (CS), Google Scholar (GS), and H5 index. This study shows that journals have different ranks compared with their metrics of the various scientific indicators. Correlations were explained by applying Pearson\u27s and spearman\u27s statistical correlation using SPSS software 21.0 packages. Spearman\u27s Pearson\u27s (r) statistical correlation was found between JIF and CS (r=0.898). Regarding spearman\u27s (ρ) statistical correlations, the highest correlations were established between JIF and CS (ρ=0.690). It concludes that researchers and institutions cannot rely on a single indicator to measure the impact. It showed a direct linear co-relationship between the indicators, which concludes that performance measurement will be more reliable and accurate when more indicators are used for this purpose

Scientometric Profile of the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University: A leading University of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Purpose: The research conducted for a systematic analysis of the development and trends in scientific literature production and collaboration pattern of the faculties of Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), between 2010 to 2020 as the research productivity is one of the evaluation parameters of universities performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study comprises the data collected from the web of science core collection (WoSCC) for the selected period. MS-Excel, MS. Access 2016, open-source software namely, Biblioshiny, ScientoPy and VOSviewer used for data analysis. The work tackled with the annual scientific research paper production, prolific authors, collaborations, most relevant sources, frequently used keywords, topic distribution, research fronts, and research trends. The collaborations amongst the leading research organizations and groups were investigated with co-citation and keywords co-occurrence analysis. Findings: The study indicated that the scientific literature productivity increased and the authors of IAU have significant national and international collaborations. Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences found a preferred source for publication, Baykal A noted as a prolific author with 128 papers, and 1,635 citations. National collaboration (2,716 papers); and for international collaboration Egypt is highest (312 papers). Journal article is the most preferred form of paper produced while Saudi Arabia and Synthesis are frequently used author keywords. Originality/value: The study could be helpful in visualizing the scientific research productivity of universities and other academic institutions in term of evaluation of academic performance