JSTOR Bibliometric Report

Introduction

This report provides a comprehensive analytics report of the publisher JSTOR including basic bibliometric information, citation data, impact metrics, top journals, publication keywords, etc., over recent years. The Crossref database (up to the end of 2021) processed by ScienceGate has been used for this report as the source of data.

JSTOR has published 2380060 documents so far, receiving a total of 8026290 citations. These numbers are equal to 1.94% and 0.73% of the total documents and citations in the scientific community, respectively. JSTOR has a score of 3.37 as a number of citations per document based on all recorded data. There are different types of documents published by JSTOR. In this regard, Journal Article, Chapter, Other, Book, Monograph, and Book Series a with the total document number of 1590274, 740733, 31, 3, 49018, and 1 have the largest share, respectively. These numbers are equal to 66.82%, 31.12%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 2.06%, and 0.00% of the total documents published in JSTOR so far, respectively. JSTOR has been an active publisher from 1769-2021.

Basic Bibliometric Information

This section provides the bibliometrics data of JSTOR over the last 11 years, including the number of published documents, total citations, citations per document, and scaled number of citations per document by year. Share of JSTOR documents and citations among all published scientific documents are also presented here. JSTOR has the highest annual number of publications in 2018, with 201383 published documents. Most annual citations are also received in 2020, with 1255 citations. The highest citations per document’s scores, scaled by the number of years ahead, are associated with 2020, with scores of 0.01.

Document Types

There are different types of documents published by publishers. In this section, the yearly publication data of JSTOR are presented by document type, including Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess.

The number of published documents by JSTOR are 1590274, 740733, 49018, 3, and 1 for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess, respectively. These numbers are equal to 1.73%, 4.69%, 8.42%, 0.00%, and 0.03% of the whole published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess in the database so far, respectively.

The number of received citations by Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess of JSTOR are 7802630, 67498, 156157, 3, and 0, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.74%, 0.42%, 2.81%, 0.00%, and 0.00% of the citations received by whole Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess of the database so far, respectively.

The h-index value for published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess by JSTOR are 715, 46, 133, 1, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3201, 588, 760, 793, and 33, respectively.

The g-index value for published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess by JSTOR are 62, 11, 24, 1, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 129, 48, 60, 60, and 10, respectively.

The score of citations per document for published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess by JSTOR are 4.906, 0.091, 3.186, 1.000, and 0.000, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 11.521, 1.016, 9.566, 8.593, and 2.404, respectively.

The highest number of annually published Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess by JSTOR are 462, 196180, 5893, 1, and 1, respectively. The corresponding year of maximum publication for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess are 2012, 2018, 2020, 2011, and 2011, respectively.

The highest number of annual received citations by Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess published in JSTOR are 10403, 22288, 7916, 0, and 0, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum received citations for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess are 2012, 2018, 2011, 2020, and 2020, respectively.

The highest values of citations per number of document for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess published in JSTOR are 26.79, 0.16, 6.19, 0.00, and 0.00, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum values of citations per document for Journal Articles, Chapters, Monographs, Books, and Book Seriess are 2011, 2011, 2010, 2011, and 2011, respectively.

Impact Metrics

Various metrics and indicators are used to evaluate the impact and quality of publishers and journals. Here, h-index, g-index, and i-index are selected as impact evaluation metrics of the publisher JSTOR.

H-index

H-index indicates the number of articles published by a journal/publisher, h, that have been cited at least h times. h5-index and h10-index are the h-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. h-index, h10-index, and h5-index of the documents published by JSTOR, are 723, 100, and 53, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3269, 1489, and 795, respectively.

G-index

The g-index indicator is the first g papers of a publisher/journal (sorted by the highest to the lowest number of citations) that have cumulatively received at least g^2 citations. Again, g5-index and g10-index are the g-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. G-index, g10-index, and g5-index of the documents published by JSTOR are 62, 19, and 11, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 131, 80, and 55, respectively.

I-n index

I-n index shows the number of publications of a publisher/journal with at least n citations. Read another post here for more detailed information on different research impact metrics. It is to be noted that, i10-index, i25-index, i50-index, i100-index, i250-index, i500-index, i1000-index, i2500-index, i5000-index, and i10000-index of the documents published by JSTOR, are 129015, 61236, 29311, 12336, 3461, 1268, 471, 119, 34, and 14, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 21796896, 10617845, 4822066, 1785083, 390499, 114230, 31648, 5505, 1423, and 355, respectively.

Top Journals

This section provides the basic bibliometrics data of the JSTOR top journals, including the number of published documents, total citations, and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each journal among all published documents by JSTOR is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top journals are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

The Top 5 journals of JSTOR based on the number of published documents are The American Historical Review, AJN American Journal of Nursing, American Mathematical Monthly, Books Abroad, and Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. The numbers of documents published so far by these top 5 journals are 131561, 99973, 49452, 45647, and 37139, respectively. These numbers are equal to 5.528%, 4.200%, 2.078%, 1.918%, and 1.560% of the total documents published by JSTOR so far, respectively.

Concerning the number of received citations, the top 5 journals of JSTOR are Econometrica, Evolution, Child Development, Journal of the American Statistical Association, and Oikos. The total number of citations received so far by these top 5 journals are 6796, 19431, 11102, 21416, and 9450, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.085%, 0.242%, 0.138%, 0.267%, and 0.118% of the total citations received by JSTOR publications so far, respectively.

Regarding the number of citations received per document, the top 5 journals of JSTOR are Econometrica, Child Development, Oikos, Review of Economics and Statistics, and Biometrics. The numbers of citations received per published document so far by these top 5 journals are 109.016, 51.998, 41.154, 40.922, and 37.713, respectively.

Top Keywords

The Most used keywords are of particular importance for reviewing a publisher. This section provides detailed information about basic bibliometrics data of top used keywords in JSTOR. The metrics used here are the number of documents, citations and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each keyword among whole published documents is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top keywords are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

According to the number of published documents, the top 10 keywords of the publisher JSTOR are united states, the united states, the law, the world, new york, new species, nineteenth century, supreme court, the social, and constitutional law, respectively. The number of published documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 13698, 10793, 5402, 5223, 4975, 4458, 4383, 3701, 3547, and 3458, respectively.

Based on the number of received citations, the top 10 keywords of the publisher JSTOR are united states, the united states, time series, the impact, the relationship, life history, the social, new species, decision making, and north american, respectively. The number of citations received by the documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 13698, 10793, 949, 2177, 1075, 1083, 3547, 4458, 908, and 1902, respectively.

Concerning the score of received citations per document, the top 10 keywords of the publisher JSTOR are time series, the relationship, life history, the impact, decision making, in vitro, the u.s, comparative study, economic growth, and north american, respectively. The score of citations received per document in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 42.646, 21.340, 20.770, 17.655, 15.463, 13.931, 11.971, 9.137, 9.117, and 7.233, respectively.