Exploring CiteScore, Elsevier's new journal impact metrics

"Does higher education need another ranking?

For Elsevier, the answer is yes. Last week, the publisher launched CiteScore, a set of metrics that measure a scholarly journal’s impact by looking at the average number of citations per item it receives over a three-year period. The metrics cover the more than 22,500 journals indexed in Scopus, Elsevier’s citation database.

Researchers and publishers will ultimately be the ones to decide whether CiteScore gains traction. And as is often the case when Elsevier launches a new product, some in academe are approaching CiteScore with skepticism."