Category: Journal Level
Definition: Using citation data from the previous three-year period, SJR is based on the number of citations a journal receives from other journals, weighted by their subject field as well as their prestige, so that citations from important journals like Nature are given more weight than less important titles.
Location: SCImago Journal & Country Rank website and in Scopus.
Field Normalized? Yes
Caveats:
Sample Statement: The Journal of Immunology has an SJR of 1.636 for the year 2022.
What that means: Articles published in the years 2019 through 2021 in the Journal of Immunology received an average of 1.636 weighted citations in 2022.