The academic community has long been demanding more transparency, choice and accuracy in research assessment. Currently, the majority of academic output is evaluated based on a single ranking of journal impact. Editors want refined metrics that show them how their journal is performing in context and against their peers, and researchers need to make informed decisions in their publishing strategies. They also want this for free. Bibliometricians and research evaluators are under pressure to produce ever more accurate analyses of the research landscape. In response, bibliometricians have been exploring new methods to provide deeper insight. Within the field of journal evaluation, two of the most exciting are Source-Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR).

SNIP and SJR:

• Apply to nearly 18,000 journals, proceedings and book series.
• Are refreshed twice a year to ensure currency.
• Eliminate the risk of manipulation.
• Correct for citation behavior and database coverage.
• Provide multidimensional insights into journal performance.
• Allow for a direct comparison of journals, independent of their subject classification.
• Are publicly accessible and are integrated into Scopus Journal Analyzer.

Download the SNIP and SJR fact sheet (pdf) or click here to see the values