Research Guides: Journal Rankings & Citation Searching: Journal Rankings

Introduction

Introduction
Quick Reference for Research Impact Metrics

These tools use bibliometric analysis to rank the importance of journals in their fields of study.
The importance of a journal can be used by authors to help decide where to submit an article and by librarians to make decisions about collection development.

Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis.
Tutorial from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Ebling Library.

Printable version.

Research Impact Metrics

Content by Elsevier Library Connect and Jenny Delasalle.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Rankings - MSU and Nearby Libraries

Journal Citation Reports
JCR offers a systematic, objective means to evaluate leading journals with quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data. It helps measure the influence and impact of research at the journal and category levels and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.

Cabells Directories
Includes impact factors, acceptance rates, manuscript submission guidelines, publications scope and a ranking of its importance in related fields of study. MSU's subscription covers over 3,000 journals in fields related to business including accounting, finance, management, marketing and economics.
Video tutorial.
CiteScore
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Journal ranking information based upon data from the Scopus database.
CiteScore Video Tutorials.

Rankings - Free Online

Google Scholar
Scholarly results from Google, including citation counts and journal metrics. Link is proxy-enabled to allow access to articles in the library collection from off campus.
FAQ: Google Scholar Errors.
Scimago
Scimago uses the data from the Scopus database to provide information about the importance of journals within fields of study and also tracks research by its country of origin.
Eigenfactor
A project that aims to develop novel methods to evaluate the influence of scholarly periodicals and to map the structure of academic research.

Journal Quality List - Harzing.com
Rankings of journals from the fields of Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management, and Marketing. JQL is published primarily to help academics submit papers to journals of an appropriate standard, not to assist in staff evaluation.