The Integrated Impact Indicator (I3) Revisited: A Non-Parametric Alternative to the Journal Impact Factor

12/09/2018
by   Loet Leydesdorff, et al.
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We propose the I3* indicator as a non-parametric alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and h-index. We apply I3* to more than 10,000 journals. The results can be compared with other journal metrics. I3* is a promising variant within the general scheme of non-parametric indicators I3 introduced previously: it provides a single metric which correlates with both impact in terms of citations (c) and output in terms of publications (p). We argue for weighting using four percentile classes: the top-1 indicators; the top-50 which also incorporates both c and p, I3*-values are size-dependent; however, division of I3* by the number of publications (I3*/N) provides a size-independent indicator which correlates strongly with the two- and five-year Journal Impact Factors (JIF2 and JIF5). Unlike the h-index, I3* correlates significantly with both the total number of citations and publications. The values of I3* and I3*/N can be statistically tested against the expectation or against one another using chi-square tests or effect sizes. A template (in Excel) is provided online for relevant tests.

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