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                    [0] => Scopus weighted CiteScore: A better alternative to plain CiteScore@en
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                    [0] => Objective. CiteScore has become a widely used tool for assessing journal performance in recent years. This paper aims to show the limitations of the plain CiteScore and propose a better alternative: the weighted CiteScore, which captures the percentage of publications cited and improves journal ranking.
Design/Methodology/Approach. Using an exploratory research methodology, we show the limitation of a plain CiteScore, calculated by dividing the past four years´ citations by publications in the past four years. We demonstrate how a plain CiteScore can convey misleading results about the overall quality of a journal based on one or a few high-performing publications. Using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, we prove that the journal Citescore ranking changed significantly using a weighted CiteScore method.
Results/Discussion. The analysis shows how a single open-access paper’s citation can significantly swing the overall ranks and percentiles in a specific domain due to plain CiteScore. Weighted CiteScore better represents the journal´s performance, considering the number of publications cited.
Conclusions. Results of ranking journals based on plain CiteScore can be misleading. Our hypothetical and empirical analysis shows the need for a weighted CiteScore methodology. There has to be a level playing field by factoring in the percentage of publication citations.
Originality/value. The paper makes a novel contribution by suggesting an accurate and fair performance metric. It will be of significant value to libraries and researchers when assessing the quality of a publication.@en
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                    [0] => Atul Kumar
                    [1] => Amol Gawande
                    [2] => Shailendrakumar Kale
                    [3] => Akash Agarwal
                    [4] => Vinaydeep Brar
                    [5] => Shirish Raibagkar
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                    [6] => Education journals@en
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                    [vol] => 5
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                    [year] => 2025
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                    [0] => 2025-01-23
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