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Unit 6: Journal Citation Indices - Practice Quiz

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1 What is the main purpose of journal citation indices?

Journal citation indices Easy
A. To measure the influence and impact of journals or authors based on citations
B. To count the number of pages published in a journal
C. To rank universities by student enrollment
D. To track the price of journal subscriptions

2 The h-index of a researcher is defined as the largest number such that the researcher has:

h-index Easy
A. papers each cited at least times
B. total citations across all papers
C. papers cited exactly once
D. papers published in one year

3 Who proposed the h-index?

h-index Easy
A. Jorge E. Hirsch
B. Henk Moed
C. Eugene Garfield
D. Leo Egghe

4 The h5-index used by Google Scholar is based on articles published in the:

h5-index Easy
A. Last 10 years
B. Entire lifetime of the journal
C. Last 2 years
D. Last 5 complete calendar years

5 The h5-median of a publication is the median number of citations for the articles that make up its:

h5-median Easy
A. i-10 index
B. total citation count
C. h5-index
D. yearly output

6 Which metric was proposed to give more weight to highly cited papers than the h-index does?

g index Easy
A. SNIP
B. JIF percentile
C. i-10 index
D. g-index

7 Who introduced the g-index?

g index Easy
A. Leo Egghe
B. Carl Bergstrom
C. Jorge Hirsch
D. Eugene Garfield

8 The i-10 index counts the number of publications that have received at least:

i-10 index Easy
A. 100 citations
B. 10 downloads
C. 10 co-authors
D. 10 citations

9 Which platform introduced and displays the i-10 index?

i-10 index Easy
A. Web of Science
B. Google Scholar
C. Scopus
D. PubMed

10 Altmetrics primarily measure research attention based on:

almetrics Easy
A. Peer review scores
B. Traditional citation counts only
C. The number of journal pages
D. Social media, news, and online engagement

11 Which of the following is an example of an altmetric data source?

almetrics Easy
A. Tweets mentioning an article
B. Editor board size
C. Number of pages in a journal
D. Journal subscription cost

12 The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is calculated over a citation window of:

JIF Easy
A. 2 years
B. 1 year
C. 5 years
D. 10 years

13 The Journal Impact Factor is published in which product?

JIF Easy
A. Scopus Sources
B. Google Scholar Metrics
C. SCImago Journal Rank
D. Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

14 The JIF percentile indicates a journal's rank:

JIF percentile Easy
A. In terms of subscription price
B. Relative to other journals in its category
C. By total number of authors
D. By its publication frequency

15 CiteScore is a journal metric provided by which database?

cite score Easy
A. Web of Science
B. PubMed
C. Scopus
D. Google Scholar

16 CiteScore calculates citations over a window of:

cite score Easy
A. 1 year
B. 10 years
C. 4 years
D. 2 years

17 What does SJR stand for?

SJR Easy
A. Scopus Journal Ratio
B. Standard Journal Rating
C. SCImago Journal Rank
D. Scholarly Journal Report

18 What does SNIP stand for?

SNIP Easy
A. Source Normalized Impact per Paper
B. Scopus Normalized Index Program
C. Standard Numeric Index of Publications
D. Scholarly Network Impact Point

19 The main advantage of SNIP is that it:

SNIP Easy
A. Ignores citation data entirely
B. Allows fair comparison across different fields
C. Measures download counts
D. Counts only self-citations

20 The Eigenfactor score measures a journal's importance by considering:

eigen factor Easy
A. The influence of the citing journals
B. Only the number of articles published
C. The age of the journal
D. The subscription revenue of the journal

21 A researcher has published 8 papers with citation counts: . What is her h-index?

h-index Medium
A. 7
B. 5
C. 4
D. 6

22 Two authors both have an h-index of . Author A has several papers cited over times; Author B's papers are cited closer to each. What does this reveal about the h-index?

h-index Medium
A. It counts every citation each paper receives
B. It penalizes authors who have many uncited papers
C. It ignores citations above the threshold, hiding highly cited work
D. It always favors authors with a few blockbuster papers

23 The g-index is defined as the largest number such that the top papers together received at least citations. Papers are cited: . What is the g-index?

g index Medium
A. 7
B. 4
C. 6
D. 5

24 Why does the g-index often exceed the h-index for the same researcher?

g index Medium
A. It credits highly cited papers by using cumulative citations against
B. It only considers papers below the threshold
C. It counts self-citations that the h-index excludes
D. It divides total citations by the number of years active

25 An author's papers received these citations: . What is the author's i-10 index?

i-10 index Medium
A. 3
B. 5
C. 4
D. 6

26 The i-10 index is a metric specifically associated with which platform?

i-10 index Medium
A. Scopus
B. Clarivate JCR
C. Google Scholar
D. Web of Science

27 In Google Scholar Metrics, what does a journal's h5-index measure?

h5-index Medium
A. The number of articles cited at least 5 times
B. The h-index computed only from articles in the last complete 5 years
C. The average citations per article over 5 years
D. The h-index of the 5 most cited articles ever

28 For a journal, the set of articles counted in the h5-index received these citations: . What is the h5-median?

h5-median Medium
A. 40
B. 22
C. 18
D. 15

29 Two journals both have an h5-index of , but Journal X has an h5-median of while Journal Y has . What does this indicate?

h5-median Medium
A. Journal X's core articles are cited more heavily than Journal Y's
B. Journal X is younger than Journal Y
C. Journal Y has a higher rejection rate
D. Journal Y publishes more articles than Journal X

30 A journal published articles in 2021 and in 2022. In 2023 these articles received citations. What is the 2023 Journal Impact Factor?

JIF Medium
A. 8.8
B. 3.67
C. 7.33
D. 4.0

31 Which organization currently publishes the Journal Impact Factor through the Journal Citation Reports?

JIF Medium
A. Elsevier
B. Scopus
C. Google
D. Clarivate Analytics

32 A journal is reported to be in the 92nd JIF percentile within its subject category. What does this mean?

JIF percentile Medium
A. It ranks higher than about 92% of journals in that category
B. It is in the top 92 journals of the category
C. About 92% of its citations come from within the category
D. It has a JIF value of

33 Why is the JIF percentile often preferred over the raw JIF when comparing journals across different fields?

JIF percentile Medium
A. It removes self-citations from the calculation
B. It weights citations by the citing journal's prestige
C. It uses a longer citation window than the JIF
D. It corrects for differing citation rates between disciplines

34 CiteScore differs from the JIF mainly in that it uses a citation window of:

cite score Medium
A. 2 years instead of 4 years
B. 5 complete calendar years
C. 1 year for both citations and publications
D. 4 years instead of 2 years

35 A journal published documents over the CiteScore period, receiving citations to them in that window. What is its CiteScore?

cite score Medium
A. 0.2
B. 5.0
C. 20.0
D. 2.0

36 The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) differs from a simple citation count because it:

SJR Medium
A. Uses a fixed 10-year citation window
B. Weights citations by the prestige of the citing journals
C. Divides citations by the number of authors
D. Counts only citations from open-access journals

37 SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) is designed primarily to:

SNIP Medium
A. Normalize citation counts for the citation potential of the field
B. Measure the recency of a journal's articles
C. Weight citations by citing-journal prestige
D. Count only citations within a 2-year window

38 How does the Eigenfactor score treat self-citations from a journal to itself?

eigen factor Medium
A. It excludes them from the calculation
B. It counts them the same as any other citation
C. It doubles their weight
D. It converts them into Article Influence points

39 Which of the following would contribute to an article's altmetrics score rather than to its traditional citation count?

almetrics Medium
A. Citations in peer-reviewed journal articles
B. Inclusion in the Journal Citation Reports
C. Its position in the h-index calculation
D. Mentions of the article on social media and news outlets

40 A researcher wants a journal metric that is freely available, discipline-normalized, and published by Scopus. Which metric best fits all three criteria?

Journal citation indices Medium
A. i-10 index
B. Eigenfactor
C. JIF
D. SNIP

41 A researcher has published 8 papers with citation counts . If two new papers are published and each immediately receives exactly 5 citations, what is the resulting h-index?

h-index Hard
A.
B.
C.
D.

42 For a set of papers sorted by decreasing citations, the g-index is the largest number such that the top papers together received at least citations. Given citations , what is the g-index?

g index Hard
A.
B.
C.
D.

43 The i-10 index counts publications with at least 10 citations. A scholar's papers have citations . What is the i-10 index?

i-10 index Hard
A.
B.
C.
D.

44 Google Scholar's h5-index is based on which specific window of publications?

h5-index Hard
A. Articles published in the last 5 rolling months
B. All articles ever published by the journal
C. Articles published in the last complete 5 calendar years
D. Articles cited within the last 5 years regardless of publication date

45 A journal's h5-index is . The 20 articles contributing to it have citation counts whose sorted middle values are at positions 10 and 11. What is the h5-median?

h5-median Hard
A.
B.
C.
D.

46 The 2023 Journal Impact Factor uses citations in 2023 to items published in 2021 and 2022, divided by the number of citable items in those years. If a journal received citations in 2023 to its 2021–2022 content, and published citable items across 2021–2022, what is the JIF?

JIF Hard
A.
B.
C.
D.

47 Scopus CiteScore differs from JIF primarily because it uses which citation window?

cite score Hard
A. A 3-year citation window with a 2-year document base
B. A 5-year window aligned with h5-index
C. A 2-year window like JIF
D. A 4-year window for both citations and documents

48 A journal ranks 25th out of 200 journals in its category by JIF. Using the standard JIF percentile formula, what is its approximate JIF percentile?

JIF percentile Hard
A.
B.
C.
D.

49 The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is conceptually most similar to which metric because of its core methodology?

SJR Hard
A. Simple JIF, since it uses raw uncounted citations
B. i-10 index, since it uses a fixed citation threshold
C. Google PageRank, since citations are weighted by the prestige of the citing source
D. h-index, since it counts productive citations

50 SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) corrects for what specific field-level characteristic?

SNIP Hard
A. The age distribution of cited articles only
B. Differences in citation density and referencing behaviour between fields
C. The prestige of the citing journals
D. The total number of journals in a category

51 The Eigenfactor score differs from the Article Influence Score in that the Eigenfactor is:

eigen factor Hard
A. A measure of total journal influence that scales with size, not per-article
B. Identical to the JIF over a 5-year window
C. Independent of the number of articles published
D. Always normalized to a per-article value

52 Which limitation is MOST specific to altmetrics compared to traditional citation indices?

almetrics Hard
A. Requiring a 5-year citation window
B. Susceptibility to gaming through social media manipulation and lack of standardization
C. Being restricted to journals indexed in Web of Science
D. Ignoring all online mentions

53 Two researchers have identical h-indices of . Which conclusion is valid?

h-index Hard
A. They have exactly the same number of total citations
B. One must have a higher g-index than the other
C. They published the same number of papers
D. Their total citation counts and productivity may differ substantially despite equal h-index

54 Compared to the h-index, the g-index is designed to give more weight to:

g index Hard
A. The prestige of citing journals
B. The most recent 5 years of output
C. Papers with exactly 10 citations
D. Highly cited papers, since cumulative citations of top papers drive the score

55 A journal artificially raises its JIF by publishing many editorials and news items that are heavily cited but classified as non-citable. What is the effect on the JIF?

JIF Hard
A. JIF is unaffected since editorials are ignored entirely
B. JIF increases because citations count in the numerator while items are excluded from the denominator
C. JIF decreases because non-citable items inflate the denominator
D. JIF becomes undefined

56 Why can a journal have a substantially higher CiteScore than its JIF in fields like mathematics?

cite score Hard
A. CiteScore weights citations by journal prestige
B. JIF uses a 5-year window in mathematics
C. The 4-year window captures slower, delayed citation accrual better than the 2-year JIF window
D. CiteScore excludes review articles entirely

57 A key methodological feature that distinguishes the Eigenfactor from raw citation counts is that it:

eigen factor Hard
A. Excludes journal self-citations and weights citations iteratively via network centrality
B. Uses a fixed threshold of 10 citations per article
C. Counts only citations within a 2-year window
D. Applies field normalization identical to SNIP

58 Under the SJR methodology, a journal that receives many citations from low-prestige sources will, compared to one receiving fewer citations from high-prestige sources:

SJR Hard
A. Possibly have a lower SJR despite more total citations, due to prestige weighting
B. Always have a higher SJR because citation count dominates
C. Have an undefined SJR
D. Have an identical SJR since counts are normalized equally

59 If Field A has an average of 40 references per paper and Field B averages 10, how does SNIP treat a journal in each field with the same raw citations per paper?

SNIP Hard
A. Both receive identical SNIP since raw citations are equal
B. The Field A journal receives a higher SNIP because more references mean more prestige
C. The Field B journal receives a higher SNIP because its field's lower citation potential is normalized upward
D. SNIP cannot be computed across different fields

60 Why is the JIF percentile often preferred over the raw JIF for cross-disciplinary comparison?

JIF percentile Hard
A. It weights citations by citing-journal prestige
B. It expresses relative standing within a category, removing field-specific citation scale effects
C. It uses a longer citation window than the raw JIF
D. It counts only papers with at least 10 citations
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