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Journals Acceptance Rate, Impact Factor, Altmetric Attention Score, Publisher Copyright Policies, Institutions / Scholars Output, Social Media's Mentions & more

Education Journals Acceptance/Rejection Rates

Journal Citation Reports (Citation Impact): JCR, JCI / Cabells Classification Index (CCI) / Google Scholar Metric

Altmetric Attention Score (ALT) / Linked with Grants, Patents, Clinical Trials

Authors' H index and More

  • Web of Science > enter name in AUTHOR field > CREATE CITATION REPORT
  • Scopus > AUTHOR SEARCH > enter NAME, AFFILIATION >VIEW CITATION OVERVIEW > H Index or the H Graph in the Overview.
  • To determine Cabell Classification Index (CCI), Altmetric Report, Scite Index > Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities

Works or Authors Cited

Some Scenarios of Journal/Author/Institution Output Analysis

  • Research outputs by EHRD Department, College of Education, Texas A&M University - Use Altmetric Explorer > Research Outputs
  • Web of Science > Do a topic search > Refine the results by Affiliation> Select Texas A&M.
  • Journal Rankings (by year)
    Scimago Journal and Country Rank > Click on JOURNAL RANKING > the select subject area, category:
  • Journal Rankings by H-Index (by year)
  • A Given Subject (for example - Cancer)
    Web of Science > Additional Resources >Essential Science Indicators> Research Fronts
    Google Scholar > Settings> Metric >Top Publications (arrow button) > Social Sciences - Subcategories > Educational administration
  • Highly Cited Papers (last 10 years  (Essential Science Indicators)
    Web of Science > Additional Resources > Essential Science Indicators > Highly Cited Papers (last 10 years) > By Field > Social Science, General > Go (Note: you could also search by name or by institution)
  • Hot Papers - Last 2 Years  (Essential Science Indicators, Web of Science)
  • Hot Subject Areas by Country
    Scimago Journal and Country Rank > Map Generator > Country > Subject.
  • Research Output of an Institution
    Scopus > Affiliation Search > institution name (to find publications, authors, patents, subject areas)
  • Comparing Journals
    Scopus > Compare journals 
  • Average Citation Rates (Comparing Fields)
    Web of Science > Additional Resources > Essential Science Indicators > "Baselines" > citation rates table.
  • Average Cites per Document
    Scimago Journal and Country Rank  e.g., -  in the field of education ranked by countries
  • A Given Journal
    Web of Science > Additional Resources > Essential Science Indicators > "Journals" > By Name
  • Field Ranking (Comparing Fields)
    Web of Science > Additional Resources > Essential Science Indicators > "Baselines" > field ranking table
  • Field Rankings for Texas A&M
    Web of Science > Additional Resources > Essential Science Indicators> "Institutions" > texas a&m univ
  • Countries / Territories
    Web of Science > Additional Resources > Essential Science Indicators > "Countries/Territories"
  • International Collaboration
    To find out the percentage of documents by authors coming from more than one country. Scimago Journal and Country Rank > Compare > Select 2 or more regions, run report and then open International Collaboration.

Journal Self Cites

  • Journal Self Cities
    Web of Science > Additional Resources > Essential Science Indicators > Submit > a full journal title > Cited Journal Data > Journal Self Cites

Online Availability (journals in specific databases) / Peer-reviewed Journals

Publisher's Copyright Policies & Self-Archiving

  • Open Policy Finder
    Publishers' general policies on self-archiving of journal articles. Each entry provides a summary of the publisher's policy, including what version of an article can be deposited, where it can be deposited, and any conditions that are attached to that deposit.

Topic Trends, Frequent Keywords, Frequent Journals, Frequent Authors

  • Any Proquest database > search a topic > see PUBLICATION DATE bar graphs. (Each bar shows the number of articles published within that decade. The change of graphs reveals the trends of a given topic.)
  • Annual Reviews:  A multidisciplinary database. You can re-rank search results by Most Cited or Most downloaded. The database also has a way to show Frequent Authors, Frequent Journals and Frequent Keywords.