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

$h$ papers each cited at least $h$ times

$h$ total citations across all papers

$h$ papers published in one year

DEGEN530 Unit 6: Journal Citation Indices - MCQ Practice | M.Com - ODL

1 $What is the main purpose of journal citation indices?$

Journal citation indices Easy

A.

To count the number of pages published in a journal

B.

To track the price of journal subscriptions

C.

To rank universities by student enrollment

D.

To measure the influence and impact of journals or authors based on citations

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

h-index Easy

A.

papers cited exactly once

B.

total citations across all papers

C.

papers published in one year

D.

papers each cited at least times

3 $Who proposed the h-index?$

h-index Easy

A.

Leo Egghe

B.

Eugene Garfield

C.

Henk Moed

D.

Jorge E. Hirsch

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

h5-index Easy

A.

Last 2 years

B.

Last 10 years

C.

Entire lifetime of the journal

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.

yearly output

C.

h5-index

D.

total citation count

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

g index Easy

A.

g-index

B.

SNIP

C.

i-10 index

D.

JIF percentile

7 $Who introduced the g-index?$

g index Easy

A.

Carl Bergstrom

B.

Leo Egghe

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.

10 citations

B.

100 citations

C.

10 downloads

D.

10 co-authors

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

i-10 index Easy

A.

Scopus

B.

Web of Science

C.

PubMed

D.

Google Scholar

10 $Altmetrics primarily measure research attention based on:$

almetrics Easy

A.

Peer review scores

B.

The number of journal pages

C.

Social media, news, and online engagement

D.

Traditional citation counts only

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

almetrics Easy

A.

Journal subscription cost

B.

Number of pages in a journal

C.

Editor board size

D.

Tweets mentioning an article

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

JIF Easy

A.

1 year

B.

5 years

C.

2 years

D.

10 years

13 $The Journal Impact Factor is published in which product?$

JIF Easy

A.

Google Scholar Metrics

B.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

C.

Scopus Sources

D.

SCImago Journal Rank

14 $The JIF percentile indicates a journal's rank:$

JIF percentile Easy

A.

By total number of authors

B.

Relative to other journals in its category

C.

By its publication frequency

D.

In terms of subscription price

15 $CiteScore is a journal metric provided by which database?$

cite score Easy

A.

Google Scholar

B.

PubMed

C.

Scopus

D.

Web of Science

16 $CiteScore calculates citations over a window of:$

cite score Easy

A.

10 years

B.

4 years

C.

2 years

D.

1 year

17 $What does SJR stand for?$

SJR Easy

A.

Scholarly Journal Report

B.

Scopus Journal Ratio

C.

Standard Journal Rating

D.

SCImago Journal Rank

18 $What does SNIP stand for?$

SNIP Easy

A.

Source Normalized Impact per Paper

B.

Scopus Normalized Index Program

C.

Scholarly Network Impact Point

D.

Standard Numeric Index of Publications

19 $The main advantage of SNIP is that it:$

SNIP Easy

A.

Allows fair comparison across different fields

B.

Ignores citation data entirely

C.

Measures download counts

D.

Counts only self-citations

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

eigen factor Easy

A.

Only the number of articles published

B.

The influence of the citing journals

C.

The subscription revenue of the journal

D.

The age 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.

6

D.

4

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 ignores citations above the threshold, hiding highly cited work

B.

It counts every citation each paper receives

C.

It penalizes authors who have many uncited papers

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.

4

B.

5

C.

6

D.

7

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

g index Medium

A.

It counts self-citations that the h-index excludes

B.

It credits highly cited papers by using cumulative citations against

C.

It only considers papers below the threshold

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.

4

B.

3

C.

6

D.

5

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

i-10 index Medium

A.

Clarivate JCR

B.

Scopus

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 h-index computed only from articles in the last complete 5 years

B.

The average citations per article over 5 years

C.

The h-index of the 5 most cited articles ever

D.

The number of articles cited at least 5 times

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.

15

B.

22

C.

40

D.

18

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 Y has a higher rejection rate

C.

Journal Y publishes more articles than Journal X

D.

Journal X is younger than Journal Y

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.

4.0

B.

3.67

C.

7.33

D.

8.8

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

JIF Medium

A.

Google

B.

Clarivate Analytics

C.

Elsevier

D.

Scopus

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 is in the top 92 journals of the category

B.

It has a JIF value of

C.

About 92% of its citations come from within the category

D.

It ranks higher than about 92% of journals in that category

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

JIF percentile Medium

A.

It uses a longer citation window than the JIF

B.

It weights citations by the citing journal's prestige

C.

It corrects for differing citation rates between disciplines

D.

It removes self-citations from the calculation

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

cite score Medium

A.

1 year for both citations and publications

B.

2 years instead of 4 years

C.

5 complete calendar years

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.

Counts only citations from open-access journals

B.

Uses a fixed 10-year citation window

C.

Divides citations by the number of authors

D.

Weights citations by the prestige of the citing 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.

Count only citations within a 2-year window

C.

Weight citations by citing-journal prestige

D.

Measure the recency of a journal's articles

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.

Its position in the h-index calculation

B.

Mentions of the article on social media and news outlets

C.

Inclusion in the Journal Citation Reports

D.

Citations in peer-reviewed journal articles

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.

SNIP

B.

i-10 index

C.

Eigenfactor

D.

JIF

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 cited within the last 5 years regardless of publication date

B.

All articles ever published by the journal

C.

Articles published in the last complete 5 calendar years

D.

Articles published in the last 5 rolling months

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 2-year window like JIF

C.

A 5-year window aligned with h5-index

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.

Google PageRank, since citations are weighted by the prestige of the citing source

B.

h-index, since it counts productive citations

C.

Simple JIF, since it uses raw uncounted citations

D.

i-10 index, since it uses a fixed citation threshold

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.

The prestige of the citing journals

C.

Differences in citation density and referencing behaviour between fields

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.

Always normalized to a per-article value

C.

Identical to the JIF over a 5-year window

D.

Independent of the number of articles published

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

almetrics Hard

A.

Susceptibility to gaming through social media manipulation and lack of standardization

B.

Requiring a 5-year citation window

C.

Ignoring all online mentions

D.

Being restricted to journals indexed in Web of Science

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.

Their total citation counts and productivity may differ substantially despite equal h-index

D.

They published the same number of papers

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

g index Hard

A.

Highly cited papers, since cumulative citations of top papers drive the score

B.

The most recent 5 years of output

C.

The prestige of citing journals

D.

Papers with exactly 10 citations

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 becomes undefined

B.

JIF decreases because non-citable items inflate the denominator

C.

JIF increases because citations count in the numerator while items are excluded from the denominator

D.

JIF is unaffected since editorials are ignored entirely

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

cite score Hard

A.

CiteScore excludes review articles entirely

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 weights citations by journal prestige

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

eigen factor Hard

A.

Uses a fixed threshold of 10 citations per article

B.

Counts only citations within a 2-year window

C.

Applies field normalization identical to SNIP

D.

Excludes journal self-citations and weights citations iteratively via network centrality

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.

Have an identical SJR since counts are normalized equally

B.

Have an undefined SJR

C.

Always have a higher SJR because citation count dominates

D.

Possibly have a lower SJR despite more total citations, due to prestige weighting

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.

The Field A journal receives a higher SNIP because more references mean more prestige

B.

Both receive identical SNIP since raw citations are equal

C.

SNIP cannot be computed across different fields

D.

The Field B journal receives a higher SNIP because its field's lower citation potential is normalized upward

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 uses a longer citation window than the raw JIF

C.

It counts only papers with at least 10 citations

D.

It expresses relative standing within a category, removing field-specific citation scale effects

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