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.

YearDocumentsCitationsCitations/DocumentsAverage Citations/DocumentsDocuments ShareCitations Share
201013578165921.22200.11110.00380.0004
201118583196411.05690.10570.00490.0005
201216887182271.07940.11990.00420.0005
20131902372010.37850.04730.00440.0002
20142665156290.21120.03020.00570.0002
20152706593680.34610.05770.00570.0003
20163331573370.22020.04400.00640.0003
2017165162242490.14680.03670.02960.0011
2018201383280670.13940.04650.03410.0016
20199272240800.04400.02200.01500.0004
20209600112550.01310.01310.01370.0004

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.

MetricJSTORAll Publishers
h-index7233269
h10-index1001489
h5-index53795

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.

MetricJSTORAll Publishers
g-index62131
g10-index1980
g5-index1155

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.

MetricJSTORAll Publishers
i10-index12901521796896
i25-index6123610617845
i50-index293114822066
i100-index123361785083
i250-index3461390499
i500-index1268114230
i1000-index47131648
i2500-index1195505
i5000-index341423
i10000-index14355

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.

Journal TitleDocumentsDocuments ShareCitationsCitations ShareCitations/DocumentsActive Years
The American Historical Review1315610.0553410710.00510.31221895-2020
Books Abroad456470.019215540.00020.03401927-1976
AJN American Journal of Nursing999730.0420327650.00410.32771900-2020
The Musical Times317950.013418060.00020.05681903-2008
World Literature Today338130.014221300.00030.06301977-2020
The Modern Language Review286510.012038610.00050.13481905-2020
Geographical Journal237790.0100353560.00441.48691893-2020
Harvard Law Review193700.0081353100.00441.82291887-2004
The Science News-Letter185720.007812740.00020.06861924-1966
The English Journal180920.007655500.00070.30681912-2008
American Mathematical Monthly494520.0208735760.00921.48781894-2020
The Mathematical Gazette272200.011478870.00100.28981894-2020
Michigan Law Review173980.0073129410.00160.74381902-2020
The Yale Law Journal161010.0068336560.00422.09031891-2008
Journal of the American Oriental Society154020.006559290.00070.38501843-2020
Foreign Affairs139120.0058391110.00492.81131922-2006
Journal of Parasitology181790.00761989080.024810.94161914-2020
Columbia Law Review131730.0055173070.00221.31381901-2004
Hispania143230.006053150.00070.37111917-2020
The Journal of Southern History125350.005329350.00040.23411935-2008
Modern Language Notes121970.005119360.00020.15871886-1961
Notes151070.00639550.00010.06321934-2020
The American Journal of Psychology123090.0052836100.01046.79261887-2020
Pacific Affairs118280.005077170.00100.65241928-2020
Man113110.0048271000.00342.39591901-1994
Copeia134410.00561167950.01468.68951913-2020
Hispanic American Historical Review323530.0136102850.00130.31791918-2020
Population109270.004683640.00100.76541946-2020
The Virginia Law Register100300.00428000.00010.07981895-1928
American Journal of Archaeology136990.0058125510.00160.91621897-2020
Virginia Law Review97380.0041106330.00131.09191913-2004
The William and Mary Quarterly105200.004488170.00110.83811892-2020
Comhar94180.00405990.00010.06361942-2006
The Philosophical Review101670.0043408490.00514.01781892-2020
The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular90780.00382620.00000.02891844-1902
Journal of Biblical Literature95560.004030590.00040.32011892-2020
Sixteenth Century Journal89450.003824600.00030.27501972-2008
Mycologia202680.00851434810.01797.07921909-2020
Radiation Research125700.00532499230.031119.88251954-2020
The Economic History Review127980.0054240970.00301.88291927-2020
Southern Economic Journal105330.0044434070.00544.12101933-2020
Journal of the American Statistical Association214160.00904958470.061823.15311900-2020
Journal of Wildlife Management124530.00521823640.022714.64421937-2020
Language126270.0053708960.00885.61461925-2020
The German Quarterly86090.003617860.00020.20751928-2020
Journal of American Folklore91190.003886670.00110.95041888-2020
College English75880.003294630.00121.24711939-2006
Geographical Review86320.0036342450.00433.96721916-2020
The New England Quarterly82720.003528050.00030.33911928-2020
The Classical World71360.00307980.00010.11181957-2006
The American Journal of Philology70450.003031610.00040.44871880-1995
American Literature88020.003750470.00060.57341929-2020
California Law Review67630.0028113930.00141.68461912-2006
The American Midland Naturalist84500.0036852300.010610.08641909-2020
Public Health Reports (1896-1970)66900.0028336590.00425.03121903-1970
The Slavic and East European Journal66420.002813030.00020.19621957-2017
Economica79110.0033695460.00878.79111921-2020
Journal of Range Management70570.0030610990.00768.65791948-2011
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society371390.01561629130.02034.38661950-2020
ILR Review142910.0060587060.00734.10791947-2020
Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club62340.0026364250.00455.84301870-1996
Child Development111020.00475772840.071951.99821930-2020
The Hudson Review62140.00268480.00010.13651948-2004
Medium Ævum62140.002616440.00020.26461932-2019
Kew Bulletin70790.0030168080.00212.37431946-2020
The Western Political Quarterly61150.002696720.00121.58171948-1992
Technology and Culture100260.0042107570.00131.07291959-2020
Journal of Ecology95450.00403266400.040734.22111913-2020
Biometrics101150.00423814650.047537.71281947-2020
The Russian Review69210.002933020.00040.47711941-2020
The Antioch Review69070.002923740.00030.34371941-2020
The Classical Weekly56300.00244880.00010.08671907-1957
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research76680.0032277300.00353.61631940-2020
Evolution194310.00826159550.076731.69961947-2020
The International Journal of African Historical Studies54820.002335270.00040.64341972-2004
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism110830.004785620.00110.77251941-2020
The Bryologist107110.0045288190.00362.69061898-2020
Revue économique88150.003750530.00060.57321950-2020
American Journal of Mathematics62900.0026992230.012415.77471878-2020
Hispanic Review57330.002416040.00020.27981933-2020
Annals of Mathematics60500.00252133620.026635.26641884-2020
Avian Diseases77900.00331033170.012913.26281957-2020
German Studies Review49810.002110150.00010.20381978-2004
Review of Economics and Statistics69830.00292857570.035640.92181919-2020
The Art Bulletin111560.004754840.00070.49161913-2020
Public Administration Review79370.00331229320.015315.48851940-2020
Leonardo86830.003683250.00100.95881968-2020
The Jewish Quarterly Review47430.002016340.00020.34451888-2002
British Journal of Sociology64710.0027510790.00647.89351950-2020
Chicago Review46680.00209060.00010.19411946-2002
Oikos94500.00403889100.048541.15451949-2020
Econometrica67960.00297408700.0923109.01561933-2020
Journal of the Operational Research Society163170.00691346070.01688.24951950-2020
The Women s Review of Books45790.00197280.00010.15901983-2004
Military Affairs45710.001910640.00010.23281941-1988
The Journal of Negro Education50620.0021137070.00172.70781932-2020
Journal of Animal Ecology81110.00342893320.036035.67161932-2020
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society44650.0019252790.00315.66161896-1994
Journal of Marriage and Family64740.00272087480.026032.24411964-2020
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin42940.00186500.00010.15141905-2006

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.

KeywordDocumentsDocuments ShareCitationsCitations ShareCitations/DocumentsActive YearsActive Years For All Data
united states136980.0422513860.01653.75141793-20201785-2020
the united states107930.0471420110.01873.89241793-20201793-2020
the law54020.084687970.06491.62851783-20201652-2020
the world52230.017272730.00591.39251810-20201400-2020
new york49750.017582220.02361.65271769-20201724-2020
new species44580.0492149570.04333.35511769-20201701-2020
nineteenth century43830.073260260.04881.37491838-20201835-2020
supreme court37010.179656520.16541.52721852-20201833-2020
the social35470.0314193710.02645.46121861-20201768-2020
constitutional law34580.496122980.49300.66451888-20181844-2020
the state33660.0225118810.01893.52971769-20201651-2020
eighteenth century31950.099638910.08461.21781895-20201803-2020
the future29110.012267550.00552.32051868-20201676-2020
world war26860.052422070.02450.82171918-20201912-2020
twentieth century25830.050626510.01741.02631900-20201855-2020
the political25640.0339104280.03664.06711835-20201792-2020
a new species25590.056979360.05223.10121769-20201744-2020
civil war24990.09598520.01580.34091863-20201595-2020
the south24700.027250920.00892.06151810-20201500-2020
north america23580.0452119620.02175.07291769-20201700-2020
the public23520.0286107390.03774.56591809-20201673-2020
the impact21770.0049384360.010917.65551928-20201868-2020
latin america21520.047533880.01851.57431907-20201893-2020
the west21270.043134770.01601.63471786-20201500-2020
case study20730.0050124440.00626.00291927-20201905-2020
south africa20480.020665830.01133.21441834-20201815-2020
foreign policy19540.059425310.03981.29531903-20201892-2020
the family19460.0253136370.02367.00771830-20201633-2020
north american19020.0578137580.03527.23341793-20201769-2020
seventeenth century18200.100418770.06871.03131831-20201800-2020
the third18170.023227230.00631.49861793-20201591-2020
the north17890.023969660.00943.89381793-20201653-2020
new england17870.122237900.04932.12091769-20201665-2020
the university17220.021417060.01110.99071783-20201645-2020
the city17120.029019140.01361.11801769-20201603-2020
criminal law16460.109319650.14401.19381810-20201810-2020
early modern16330.047112360.02810.75691918-20201905-2020
higher education15840.013852040.01403.28541898-20201865-2020
high school15230.0179102880.03126.75511843-20201805-2020
economic development14940.028836040.01752.41231904-20201855-2020
the past14740.013737130.00562.51901832-20201752-2020
the church14370.04696050.02800.42101825-20201633-2020
the pacific14290.054127540.01221.92721831-20201500-2020
special reference14160.034696830.02226.83831858-20201842-2020
the right14150.017446360.01213.27631769-20201590-2020
public health13950.010329690.00362.12831859-20201835-2020
political economy13560.043651050.02943.76471843-20201807-2020
the supreme court13510.158528430.23522.10441853-20201833-2020
new zealand13170.014766630.00955.05921832-20201804-2020
human rights12750.016557460.03844.50671948-20201893-2020
middle ages12740.06399660.05190.75821859-20201814-2020
latin american12530.051826230.03552.09341906-20201898-2020
conflict of laws12530.47482390.34240.19071863-20101863-2020
family planning12310.105167550.15035.48741949-20201939-2020
the people12280.04148830.01830.71911798-20201647-2020
public policy12260.045036710.02322.99431894-20201894-2020
social change12170.062730290.03742.48891923-20201897-2020
international law11710.029914920.02971.27411863-20201863-2020
new world11660.068432450.02862.78301863-20201640-2020
world war ii11550.06339920.02580.85891920-20201918-2020
sixteenth century11450.093412040.08021.05151840-20201757-2020
middle east11140.029817310.01191.55391916-20201913-2020
american revolution11130.25435140.24200.46181895-20201848-2020
cold war11040.044026660.05882.41491949-20201945-2020
life history10830.0443224940.052520.77011886-20201865-2020
the relationship10750.0051229410.012121.34051886-20201843-2020
the common10680.013771180.01236.66481783-20201633-2020
comparative study10630.006997130.00729.13731883-20201879-2020
american literature10480.16525260.12510.50191885-20201852-2020
soviet union10370.06499290.02560.89591926-20201889-2020
the arts10320.07637610.03640.73741809-20201657-2020
social history10260.11754950.03660.48251897-20201844-2020
health care10170.005654560.00415.36481906-20201906-2020
differential equations10160.014862310.00936.13291874-20201827-2020
african american10080.024670550.01976.99901963-20201956-2020
court of appeals9930.53041380.14290.13901852-20181852-2020
north carolina9900.041530100.02763.04041858-20201737-2020
the soviet union9900.08766970.04360.70401926-20201889-2020
new guinea9850.060342610.04514.32591836-20201805-2020
great britain9840.039923730.02392.41161813-20201613-2020
in vitro9830.0019136940.001613.93081919-20201500-2020
theory and practice9760.035322610.01292.31661786-20201712-2020
federal courts9740.60469380.26740.96301870-20201870-2020
the u.s9730.0156116480.023911.97121932-20201830-2020
the revolution9640.10125680.03090.58921876-20201665-2020
economic history9620.14145530.03840.57481892-20201865-2020
income tax9570.125214990.05591.56641860-20201842-2020
time series9490.0115404710.040342.64591926-20201913-2020
life insurance9420.153727360.11042.90451862-20181837-2020
due process9200.302110190.19031.10761895-20181895-2020
economic growth9140.016983330.02129.11711934-20201900-2020
decision making9080.0049140400.009015.46261944-20201900-2020
the dead8980.053613280.02161.47881833-20201611-2020

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