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xiv Acronyms

IC Index Chemicus
ICMJE International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
ICT information and communications technology
IMRaD Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion
IPP Information Production Process
IREG International Rankings Expert Group
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISI Institute for Scientific Information
ISO is not an acronym; it refers to the International Organization for
Standardization
ISSI International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics
ISSN International Standard Serial Number
JASIS(T) Journal of the American Association of Information Science (and
Technology) later: Journal of the Association of Information Science and
Technology
JCR Journal Citation Reports
JIF journal impact factor
JUF journal usage factor
MIF median impact factor
MNCS mean normalized citation score
MOCR Mean Observed Citation Rate
MOOCs Massive Open Online Courses
NIF Normalized Impact Factor
NPG Nature Publishing Group
OA Open Access
OAI Open Archives Initiative
OAI-PMH Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
ODLIS Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
ORCID Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier
p-c matrix publication-citation matrix
PAC Probably Approximately Correct
PDF Portable Document Format
PLoS Public Library of Science
QS Quacquarelli Symonds
RDCP Relative Database Citation Potential (part of SNIP)
RQI Review Quality Instrument
RR rejection rate
SAIF synchronous author impact factor
SCI(E) Science Citation Index (Expanded)
SIR SCImago Institutions Ranking
SJR SCImago Journal Ranking
SNA social network analysis
SNIP Source Normalized Impact per Paper
SSCI Social Science Citation Index
SSRN Social Science Research Network
THE Times Higher Education