3 papers
cs.DL2025
Revisiting the field normalization approaches/practices
Xinyue Lu, Li Li, Zhesi Shen
Field normalization plays a crucial role in scientometrics to ensure fair comparisons across different disciplines. In this paper, we revisit the effectiveness of several widely us…
cs.DL2025
Is Journal Citation Indicator a good metric for Art & Humanities Journals currently?
Yu Liao, Li Li, Zhesi Shen
Probably Not. Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) was introduced to address the limitations of traditional metrics like the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), particularly its inability to…
cs.DL2024
The Unique Citing Documents Journal Impact Factor (Uniq-JIF) as a Supplement for the standard Journal Impact Factor
Zhesi Shen, Li Li, Yu Liao
This paper introduces the Unique Citing Documents Journal Impact Factor(Uniq-JIF) as a supplement to the traditional Journal Impact Factor(JIF). The Uniq-JIF counts each citing doc…