Elsevier's journal metrics for the identification of a mainstream journals core : a case study on Mexico

• Main Authors: Arencibia-Jorge, Ricardo, Villaseñor, Elio Atenógenes, Lozano-Díaz, Ibis A., Calvet, Humberto Carrillo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Library and information science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154311
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background. Over the past four decades there have been considerable arguments against the arbitrary use of Garfield’s Impact Factor in research evaluation. Over the past decade, the emergence of databases with considerable breadth of coverage, such as Scopus and Google Scholar, together with the gen...