Choosing the right journal to publish our papers is very important. There are four aspects that we should consider; Total citations, number of articles published, trend line (citations divided by number of articles published) and % not cited.
In this entry, I will compare 4 journals that i frequently use which are Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Crystal Growth and Physical Review Letters.
Physical Review Letters has superior # of citations and ratio between citations and # of articles published (trend line).
Even though Journal of Crystal Growth has the lowest # of citations and publications but it has the lowest % of not cited (which is good!).
Applied Physics Letters has the highest # of publications from 2005 onwards but the # of citations and trend line did not increase. Quality increase?
The % of not cited for all journals increased rapidly from 2005 to nearly 100% in 2008. Is that means new papers are not quality? No, don't get it wrong. The % of not cited was high because the papers were just published. The # of citations for new papers will increase over time. So % of not cited will reduce and probably down to less than 10% like the old papers in a few years time.
In this entry, I will compare 4 journals that i frequently use which are Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Crystal Growth and Physical Review Letters.
Physical Review Letters has superior # of citations and ratio between citations and # of articles published (trend line).
Even though Journal of Crystal Growth has the lowest # of citations and publications but it has the lowest % of not cited (which is good!).
Applied Physics Letters has the highest # of publications from 2005 onwards but the # of citations and trend line did not increase. Quality increase?
The % of not cited for all journals increased rapidly from 2005 to nearly 100% in 2008. Is that means new papers are not quality? No, don't get it wrong. The % of not cited was high because the papers were just published. The # of citations for new papers will increase over time. So % of not cited will reduce and probably down to less than 10% like the old papers in a few years time.
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