SNIP
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SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) is a bibliometric indicator that measures a journal’s contextual citation impact by accounting for differences in citation practices across scientific fields.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliometric indicator
→
journal impact metric → |
| abbreviation | SNIP → |
| accountsFor | differences in citation practices across scientific fields → |
| appliesTo | academic journals → |
| basedOn | citations received per paper → |
| calculatedFrom | Scopus citation data → |
| category |
research evaluation metric
→
scientometrics → |
| creatorAffiliationAtIntroduction | Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University → |
| dataSource |
peer-reviewed journal articles
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review articles → |
| developedBy | Henk F. Moed → |
| distinguishingFeature |
corrects for field-specific citation density
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enables cross-field comparison of journal impact → |
| fieldNormalizationMethod | source-normalization → |
| fullName | Source Normalized Impact per Paper → |
| handles |
differences in citation frequency between fields
→
differences in database coverage between fields → |
| higherValueIndicates | higher contextual citation impact → |
| introducedIn | 2010 → |
| language | English → |
| maintainedBy | Elsevier → |
| measures | contextual citation impact of journals → |
| normalizesBy | field-specific citation potential → |
| outputType | numerical score → |
| publishedIn | Journal of Informetrics → |
| publisherPlatform | Scopus → |
| relatedTo |
CiteScore
→
Impact Factor → SCImago Journal Rank → |
| revisedBy | CWTS Leiden → |
| revisedToImprove |
robustness against outliers
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statistical stability → |
| scope | multiple scientific disciplines → |
| timeWindow | three-year citation window → |
| usedBy |
policy makers
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publishers → research funders → universities → |
| usedFor |
comparing journals across disciplines
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evaluating journal impact → |
| usedIn |
journal ranking analyses
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library collection management → research evaluation → |
| version |
original SNIP
→
revised SNIP → |
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