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. 2020 Oct 20;23(11):101698. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101698

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Average Journal SciScore between 2016 and 2017 as a Function of the Journal Impact Factor for 2018 (Data from Published Papers from 2016 to 2017)

Data from 490 journals are shown in each graph.

(A) A comparison between the raw JIFs and Rigor and Transparency Index is shown. The correlation coefficient is calculated using the formula for Spearman's rank-order correlation (R_s = −0.1102253134).

(B) A comparison between JIF percentiles and SciScore percentiles is shown. The axes are labeled with quartiles; top quartile is Q1. For presentation purposes only, using Google Sheets with journal names as centered data labels, we chose the top 45 journals by the number of articles included and then we removed labels that were overlapping until we were left with 25 labeled journals, shown above. All 490 journals, for which we had sufficient data in the open access literature to compare to the Journal Impact Factor, are presented in (Data S5). Correlation values were calculated using the formula for Spearman's rank-order correlation, the line is not shown (R_s = −0.1541069707).