Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

A science mapping analysis of ‘Communication’ WoS subject category (1980-2013)

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Communication Research field has an extraordinary growth pattern, indeed bigger than other research fields. In order to extract knowledge from such amount, intelligent techniques are needed. In such a way, using bibliometric techniques, the evolution of the conceptual, social and [...]

Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

Spanish Scientific Output in Communication Sciences in WOS. The Scientific Journals in SSCI (2007-12)

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Although the field of Communication Sciences has been slower to organize in Spain than in other European countries and the United States, in recent years it has shown a clear tendency to growth. One way to trace this process is by analyzing scientific production, and this paper focuses [...]
Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

The Impact of Scientific Journals of Communication: Comparing Google Scholar Metrics, Web of Science and Scopus

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Google Scholar Metrics' launch in April 2012, a new bibliometric tool for the evaluation of scientific journals by means of citation counting, has ended with the duopoly exerted by the Web of Science and Scopus databases. This paper aims at comparing the coverage of these three databases [...]
Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

Media Literacy and Information Literacy: Similarities and Differences

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In knowledge society, there is currently a call for cultivating a combination of media literacy and information literacy. This, however, requires cooperation from these two separate fields of study, and uncertainty regarding their boundaries hinders a smooth merger. It is unclear [...]
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Thomson Reuters uses altmetrics: usage counts for articles indexed in the Web of Science

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Since September 2015, Web of Science has displayed an indicator of a non-bibliometric nature. The new indicator, called “usage count”, measures the number of times the full text of a document has been accessed, and the number of times the bibliographic reference of the document [...]
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Features and implications of Emerging Sources Citation Index (Thomson Reuters): Journals in a transitional status

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With the launch of the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Thomson Reuters has created a set of expectations. The Web of Science has become the most comprehensive research platform of journal evaluation. ESCI acts as the waiting room before Thomson technicians check whether journals [...]
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The role of information professionals in interpreting the results of journal league lists for research performance evaluation

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This paper discusses some of the key content and software features which must be analyzed by skilled librarians/information professionals to deliver reliable, accurate, and appropriately comprehensive set of bibliographic data and bibliometric indicators about the status of the journals [...]
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Happiness depends on the neighborhood: Spanish journals as source publications in Web of science

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This paper analyzes the situation of Spanish journals in the master journal list of ISI Thomson Reuters’ citation indexes. The changes since 2007 will influence future results of bibliometric indicators of Journal Citation Reports. The presence of Spanish journals has increased [...]
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Google Scholar: a tool for the evaluation of science?

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Google Scholar (GS) is a search engine that specializes in scientific information and in the identification of the citations that academic papers receive, making it a strong competitor for other citations indexes like Scopus and Web of Science. For this reason, several studies have [...]
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Impact factor, commercial competition between Thomson Reuters and Elsevier, and economic crisis

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The use of the impact factor has evolved and it has become the indicator to measure not only the quality of journals but also of authors and research groups, provoking strong reactions from publishers, researchers, librarians and evaluation committees. This paper presents a reflection [...]