abstract:This case study assesses the impact of a small, open-access social sciences journal not included in citation tracking indexes by exploring measures of the journal's influence beyond the established "impact factor" formula. An analysis of Google Scholar data revealed the journal's global reach and value to researchers. This study enabled the journal's editors to measure the success of their publication according to its professed scope and mission, and to quantify its impact for prospective contributors. The impact assessment strategies outlined here can be leveraged effectively by academic librarians to provide high-value consultancy for scholar-editors of open access research journals.

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非索引开放获取期刊的影响评估：案例研究

摘要：本案例研究通过探索超出既定“影响因子”公式的期刊影响指标，评估了未包含在引文跟踪索引中的小型开放获取社会科学期刊的影响。对谷歌学术数据的分析揭示了该期刊的全球影响力和对研究人员的价值。这项研究使该杂志的编辑能够根据其声称的范围和使命来衡量其出版的成功，并量化其对潜在贡献者的影响。学术图书馆员可以有效利用此处概述的影响评估策略，为开放获取研究期刊的学者编辑提供高价值的咨询服务。