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Letter to the Editor: Comments on the paper of Safón and Docampo: what are you reading? From core journals to trendy journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field

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Safón and Docampo (Scientometrics 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04673-x) presented an objective, replicable methodology to identify trendy journals using a composite score derived from a definition of influence which was based on a geometric mean of a quality and a quantity proxy. Here, we show that an alternative formulation based on a quadratic emphasis on quality can lead to very different results.

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  1. A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 695016

    Gangan Prathap

  2. Institute of Computer Science & Digital Innovation, UCSI University, Jalan Puncak Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, Campus No. 1, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Gangan Prathap

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Prathap, G. Letter to the Editor: Comments on the paper of Safón and Docampo: what are you reading? From core journals to trendy journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. Scientometrics 128, 4137–4142 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04742-1

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