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A Google Scholar h-index for journals: An alternative metric to measure journal impact in economics and business

  1. Anne-Wil Harzing1,
  2. Ron van der Wal2

Article first published online: 12 SEP 2008

DOI: 10.1002/asi.20953

Issue

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volume 60, Issue 1, pages 41–46, January 2009

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Harzing, A.-W. and van der Wal, R. (2009), A Google Scholar h-index for journals: An alternative metric to measure journal impact in economics and business. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 60: 41–46. doi: 10.1002/asi.20953

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Management & Marketing, University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia

  2. 2

    Tarma Software Research Pty Ltd, GPO Box 4063, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 DEC 2008
  2. Article first published online: 12 SEP 2008
  3. Manuscript Revised: 6 AUG 2008
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 6 AUG 2008
  5. Manuscript Received: 13 MAY 2008

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Abstract

We propose a new data source (Google Scholar) and metric (Hirsch's h-index) to assess journal impact in the field of economics and business. A systematic comparison between the Google Scholar h-index and the ISI Journal Impact Factor for a sample of 838 journals in economics and business shows that the former provides a more accurate and comprehensive measure of journal impact.

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