Google Scholar Metrics
Google Scholar Metrics can illustrate how various journals compare within a given subject area. This information can be very helpful when deciding which journal to submit an article to. These journals are ranked by Google using their proprietary h-index calculations.
To see journal rankings:
- Go into Google Scholar
- click the three bars in the left upper corner
- click Metrics
- It will bring you to a screen with the overall top-ranked publications. Look for the search icon (magnifying glass) in the upper right area and type in your subject area (i.e. Diabetes, or Nursing). These should be large-scale subject areas that entire publications are devoted to. Searching for a specific procedure or medication (such as CLABSI or tamiflu) will not return good results.
- You will get a list of publications ranked by h5-index and h5-median.
