Comparing the scientific impact of conference and journal publications in computer science

摘要

The impact of scientific publications is often estimated by the number of citations they receive, i.e. how frequently they are referenced by other publications. Since publications have associated authors, originating institutions and publication venues (e.g. journals, conference proceedings) citations have also been used to compare their scientific impact. For instance, one commonly considered indicator of the quality of a journal is its impact factor [1]. The impact factors are published yearly by Thomson ISI in the Journal Citation Report (JCR) by counting the citations from articles of thousands of journals.