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This editorial explores how journal metrics reflect Interpretation’s performance across databases and why no single indicator captures a journal’s true impact. It highlights the need for transparency and context in using bibliometric data.
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Why is it important?
Quantitative measures like the Impact Factor, CiteScore, and h-index are often treated as shorthand for quality, yet they each capture only part of a journal’s influence. By unpacking the data behind these metrics, this piece encourages readers to view bibliometrics as diagnostic signals — tools for reflection, not judgment. It also underscores SEG’s support for responsible research assessment and transparency in citation data, reminding editors and researchers that the healthiest journals are those that measure what truly matters: service to their scientific community.
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This page is a summary of: MavzerInterpreting bibliometric signals, Interpretation, July 2020, Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
DOI: 10.1190/int-2020-0713-fe.1.
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