The initiative of refining the CAS journal subject classification system

• Published in: Journal of data and information science (Warsaw, Poland) Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 4 - 6
• Main Authors: Liao, Yu, Zhang, Jiandong, Yang, Liying, Shen, Zhesi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Antwerp Sciendo 01.02.2025; De Gruyter Poland
• Subjects: Accuracy; Anniversaries; Citations; Classification; Information retrieval; Information science; Informetrics; Library science; Physical chemistry; Scientometrics

The need to refine journal subject classification systems Journal subject classification systems are fundamental to journal evaluation, research assessments and information retrieval. Inaccurate journal classification systems can lead to several problems such as: ➢ Possible evaluation bias, e.g., th...