Construction of a pragmatic base line for journal classifications and maps based on aggregated journal-journal citation relations

• Published in: Journal of informetrics Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 902 - 918
• Main Authors: Leydesdorff, Loet, Bornmann, Lutz, Zhou, Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Citation; Classification; Disciplines; Subject categories; Subject categories; Disciplines; Journal; Citation; Classification

[Display omitted] •Using VOSviewer and Pajek, a hierarchical classification of journals is constructed.•Social-science journals form the largest group among the nine top-level fields.•The proposed classification offers also a research and analysis tool.•Journal maps at different levels of granularit...