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

Authors:
Anne-Wil Harzing;Ron van der Wal
Affiliations:
Department of Management & Marketing, University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia;Tarma Software Research Pty Ltd, GPO Box 4063, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
Venue:
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Year:
2009

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Abstract

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.