SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) was developed by Professor Félix de Moya, Research Professor at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus database (Elsevier).

The SJR was developed by the SCImago Research Group from the Google PageRank algorithm. SJR is a prestige metric based on the idea that ‘all citations are not created equal’. With SJR, the subject field, quality and reputation of the journal has a direct effect on the value of a citation. The SJR: is weighted by the prestige of the journal, thereby ‘leveling the playing field’ among journals eliminates manipulation can be raised by being published in more reputable journals ‘shares’ a journal’s prestige equally over the total number of citations in that journal normalizes for differences in citation behavior between subject fields.

SJR uses Elsevier (Scopus) citation data.

Examples of SJR Journal and Country Rankings.

Journal Ranking 1-5 of 29,165 in 2023:

Country Ranking 1-5 of 243 from 1996-2023: