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Comparing Bibliometric Analysis Using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science Databases
Published on: October 24, 2019
An analysis of bibliometric indicators to JCR according to Benford's law
Alexandre Donizeti Alves1, Horacio Hideki Yanasse2, Nei Yoshihiro Soma1
1Aeronautics Institute of Technology - ITA, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50 - Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos, SP 12228-900 Brazil.
Abstract:
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is the main source of bibliometric indicators known by the scientific community. This paper presents the results of a study of the distributions of the first and second significant digits according to Benford's law (BL) of the number of articles, citations, impact factors, half-life and immediacy index bibliometric indicators in journals indexed in the JCR Sciences and Social Sciences Editions from 2007 to 2014. We also performed the data analysis to country's origin and by journal's category, and we verified that the second digit has a better adherence to BL. The use of the second digit is important since it provides a more sound, complete and consistent analysis of the bibliometric indicators.
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