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

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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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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. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output

TL;DR: The index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number ≥h, is proposed as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher.
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Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research

Per Ottar Seglen
- 15 Feb 1997 - 
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A Hirsch-type index for journals

TL;DR: It is suggested that a h-type index - equal to h if you have published h papers, each of which has at least h citations - would be a useful supplement to journal impact factors.
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Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis

TL;DR: It is argued that these metrics provide additional advantages over the JIF and that the free availability of GS allows for a democratization of citation analysis as it provides every academic access to citation data regardless of their institution's financial means.
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Is google scholar produce any altmetric score?

No, the paper does not mention Google Scholar producing any altmetric score.