This study aimed to gauge the quality of behavioral science journals on account of selected bibliometric indicators, namely Journal Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, CiteScore, SCImago Journal Rank; Source normalised impact per paper and H5-index. Also, to ascertain whether these indicators use as an alternative to each other for the assessment of the journals. 53 Journals from the behavioral science discipline have retrieved from Journals citation Report (JCR) of the Web of science. The JIF and ES metrics extracted from JCR, the metrics of CS, SJR and SNIP derived from Scopus and the metrics of H-Index managed from Google Scholar. The analysis has done by using IBM SPSS (21.0). Bivariate correlation coefficient has considered, a high Pearson's (r) found between JIF and SNIP (r = 0.928), while the lowest correlation recorded between JIF and H5 Value (r = 0.411). Spearman's (ρ) statistical correlation between JIF with CS shows maximum correlation, i.e. (ρ = 0.822), the minimum correlation recorded between JIF and H5-index ranks, i.e. (ρ= 0.664). The top five journals repeated in each indicator are "Trends in Cognitive Sciences", "Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews", "Behavioral and Brain Sciences", "Cortex" and "Appetite". The linear correlation observed in term of values and ranks of metrics of the indicators with the help of scatter plot hence concluded that the selected indicators could use as an alternative to each other.

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使用文献计量指标衡量行为科学期刊的质量

本研究旨在根据选定的文献计量指标来衡量行为科学期刊的质量，即期刊影响因子、特征因子得分、CiteScore、SCImago 期刊排名；每篇论文和 H5 指数的来源标准化影响。此外，确定这些指标是否可以相互替代用于评估期刊。来自行为科学学科的 53 种期刊已从 Web of science 的期刊引文报告 (JCR) 中检索。从 JCR 中提取的 JIF 和 ES 指标，从 Scopus 导出的 CS、SJR 和 SNIP 指标以及从 Google Scholar 管理的 H-Index 指标。分析使用 IBM SPSS (21.0) 完成。考虑了双变量相关系数，在 JIF 和 SNIP 之间发现了高 Pearson (r) (r = 0.928)，而 JIF 和 H5 值之间记录的最低相关性 (r = 0.411)。JIF 与 CS 之间的 Spearman (ρ) 统计相关性显示出最大相关性，即 (ρ = 0.822)，JIF 与 H5 指数等级之间记录的最小相关性，即 (ρ = 0.664)。每个指标重复前五名的期刊是《Trends in Cognitive Sciences》、《Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews》、《Behavioral and Brain Sciences》、《Cortex》和《Appetite》。在散点图的帮助下，在指标的值和度量等级方面观察到的线性相关性因此得出结论，所选指标可以用作彼此的替代。JIF 和 H5 指数等级之间记录的最小相关性，即 (ρ= 0.664)。每个指标重复前五名的期刊是《Trends in Cognitive Sciences》、《Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews》、《Behavioral and Brain Sciences》、《Cortex》和《Appetite》。在散点图的帮助下，在指标的值和度量等级方面观察到的线性相关性因此得出结论，所选指标可以用作彼此的替代。JIF 和 H5 指数等级之间记录的最小相关性，即 (ρ= 0.664)。每个指标重复前五名的期刊是《Trends in Cognitive Sciences》、《Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews》、《Behavioral and Brain Sciences》、《Cortex》和《Appetite》。在散点图的帮助下，在指标的值和度量等级方面观察到的线性相关性因此得出结论，所选指标可以用作彼此的替代。