Integrated Scientific Journals Classification (CIRC): A proposal for categorization of journals for the generation of bibliometric indicators in Social Sciences and Humanities.

Abstract

This paper presents a proposal for a qualitative classification of scientific journals specialized in Social Sciences and Humanities. The main objective of this classification so called Clasificación Integrada de Revistas Cientí­ficas (CIRC) is to create a tool to obtain bibliometrics indicators for different levels of aggregation based on the quality of publications. The ranking is the result of consensus of different experts in the field of bibliometrics and research evaluation. The resulting classification consists of four groups of journals (gA, gB, gC, gD) configured according to the visibility of the journals; a fifth group of excellence was created with the most relevant journals (gEX). To create groups and determine quality of the journals have been used different lists and databases referenced by CNEAI and ANECA in its regulations. Finally we illustrate the use of the classification applying it to the scientific production of the departments of Social Sciences at the University of Granada.