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A modified index of journal standing in a stratified journal to journal citation network is proposed. The original index, generated through an application of input-output analysis, is used as the first step of an iterative procedure that converges on the new index. This index, an eiginvector of the inverted matrix used in the input-output analysis, has improved validity and better distributional properties than the original index.
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Doreian, P. A revised measure of standing of journals in stratified networks. Scientometrics 11, 71–80 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02016631
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