Justice Studies: Journal Rankings
Methods of Ranking Journals
Methods of ranking journals range from the very heavily metric to the more subjective idea of how prestigious a journal is by whether it is peer-reviewed, where it is indexed, how long it has been published, and what the article acceptance rate is.
The standard metrics of Journal Impact Factor, Eigenfactor, h5-index, SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) are often used in ranking journals.
Journal Rankings
The following resources are tools to tell how much of an impact journals have or how important they are to their field.
Portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus database. Shows h-index for journals.
Database of scholarly citation metrics for documents in academic and trade journals, book series, and conference proceedings. Covers the previous three calendar years, with current-year data added monthly.
- Journal Citation Reports (Requires subscription) 1997-present. Information to assist in determining the importance of particular journals within subject categories. Covers thousands of scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Includes Science and Social Sciences Editions.
- The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a proprietary metric by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters), used as a proxy for the importance of a journal to its field. To have a Journal Impact Factor, a journal has to be included in the Web of Science Master Journal List. Journal Impact Factors are often included in publisher information about the journal.