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Representation of journals from five neighboring European countries in the Journal Citation Reports

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This study explores the representation of scientific journals from Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro in the Thomson Scientific’s 2005 Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The number of journals covered by JCR was analyzed in relation to scientific productivity of selected countries and the size of their economies, and no apparent relationship between these factors was found. Our findings suggest that other factors, including the quality of individual journals, may influence how many journals a country will have in the JCR.

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  1. Zagreb University School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

    Dario Sambunjak, Ana Ivaniš, Ana Marušić & Matko Marušić

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Sambunjak, D., Ivaniš, A., Marušić, A. et al. Representation of journals from five neighboring European countries in the Journal Citation Reports. Scientometrics 76, 261–271 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1915-5

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