This paper examines the novelty and usefulness of two new journal performance metrics, namely the Eigenfactor Score and Article Influence Score, using ISI data for 2009 for the 200 most highly cited journals in each of the sciences and social sciences, and compares them with existing ISI metrics, namely Total Citations and the 5-year Impact Factor (5YIF) of a journal. It is shown that the sciences and social sciences are different in terms of the strength of the relationship of journal performance metrics, although the actual relationships are very similar.

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Erasmus School of Economics
hdl.handle.net/1765/20148
Econometric Institute Research Papers
Report / Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus School of Economics

Chang, C.-L., McAleer, M., & Oxley, L. (2010). Article Influence Score = 5YIF divided by 2 (No. EI 2010-43). Report / Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam (pp. 1–10). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/20148