CAS Journal Ranking, a ranking system of journals based on the bibliometric
indicator of citation impact, has been widely used in meso and macro-scale
research evaluation in China since its first release in 2004. The ranking's
coverage is journals which contained in the Clarivate's Journal Citation
Reports (JCR). This paper will mainly introduce the upgraded version of the
2019 CAS journal ranking. Aiming at limitations around the indicator and
classification system utilized in earlier editions, also the problem of
journals' interdisciplinarity or multidisciplinarity, we will discuss the
improvements in the 2019 upgraded version of CAS journal ranking (1) the CWTS
paper-level classification system, a more fine-grained system, has been
utilized, (2) a new indicator, Field Normalized Citation Success Index (FNCSI),
which ia robust against not only extremely highly cited publications, but also
the wrongly assigned document type, has been used, and (3) the calculation of
the indicator is from a paper-level. In addition, this paper will present a
small part of ranking results and an interpretation of the robustness of the
new FNCSI indicator. By exploring more sophisticated methods and indicators,
like the CWTS paper-level classification system and the new FNCSI indicator,
CAS Journal Ranking will continue its original purpose for responsible research
evaluation