Integrated scientific journals classification (CIRC): A proposal for categorization of journals in social sciences and humanities

Authors

  • Daniel Torres-Salinas El profesional de la información
  • Marí­a Bordons
  • Elea Giménez-Toledo
  • Emilio Delgado-López-Cózar
  • Evaristo Jiménez-Contreras
  • Elí­as Sanz-Casado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2010.nov.15

Keywords:

Scientific journals, Bibliometric indicators, Social sciences, Human sciences, Journal classifications, Rankings, Aneca, Cneai, Research evaluation.

Abstract

A proposal for a qualitative classification of scientific journals specialized in social sciences and humanities is presented. The main objective of CIRC (in Spanish, Clasificación integrada de revistas cientí­ficas) is to become 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 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, various lists and databases referenced in Cneai and Aneca standards were used. Finally, we illustrate the use of CIRC applying it to the scientific production of the departments of Social Sciences at the University of Granada.

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Published

2010-07-19

How to Cite

Torres-Salinas, D., Bordons, M., Giménez-Toledo, E., Delgado-López-Cózar, E., Jiménez-Contreras, E., & Sanz-Casado, E. (2010). Integrated scientific journals classification (CIRC): A proposal for categorization of journals in social sciences and humanities. Profesional De La información, 19(6), 675–684. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2010.nov.15

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 6 (2010): Medios de comunicación en internet

Section

Indicadores

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