Due to academic society demand to have broader and more transparent metrics to rank journals, Scopus (Elsevier) has announced about new journal metrics development.
Scopus (Elsevier), one of the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature, has developed new journal metrics called CiteScore metrics, described as comprehensive, transparent, current insight into journal impact. Moreover, CiteScore metrics introduced for academic society as as a new standard to measure citation impact.
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