The Journal of development communication

Country	Malaysia - SIR Ranking of Malaysia	3 H Index
Subject Area and Category	Medicine Medicine (miscellaneous)
Publisher	Asian Institute for Development Communication
Publication type	Journals
ISSN	01283863
Coverage	1994, 1996-2000
Scope	The Journal of Development Communication (JDC) is an international publication dealing with an array of development related topics. The main objective of JDC is to examine the role of communication in promoting national and regional development and to offer insights into practical tools, innovative practices and emerging trends in the field of development communication. JDC is concerned with understanding people, their beliefs and values, and the social and cultural norms that shape their lives. JDC provides a forum to discuss ideas and issues on the processes, strategies and principles of communication that empower individuals and communities to take actions to improve their lives. The Journal is published for professionals, practitioners and students concerned with development issues in the world today. Original research, viewpoints, project reports and book reviews on any current issue directly or indirectly related to development communication are published in this Journal. Published twice yearly, in June and December, by the Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom), JDC is a non-profit peer-review journal since 1990 and currently UNISEL Press is our co-publisher. The journal is currently published using the OJS platform.
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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Medicine (miscellaneous)	1999	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2000	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2001	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2002	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2003	Q4

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.105
2000	0.104
2001	0.102
2002	0.102
2003	0.107

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.100
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.125
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.000

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	0
Self Cites	2000	0
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Total Cites	1999	0
Total Cites	2000	1
Total Cites	2001	0
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	0

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.000
External Cites per document	2000	0.111
External Cites per document	2001	0.000
External Cites per document	2002	0.000
External Cites per document	2003	0.000
Cites per document	1999	0.000
Cites per document	2000	0.111
Cites per document	2001	0.000
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.000

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	0.00
2000	0.00
2001	0
2002	0
2003	0

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Citable documents	1999	4
Citable documents	2000	9
Citable documents	2001	11
Citable documents	2002	9
Citable documents	2003	3

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	4
Uncited documents	2000	8
Uncited documents	2001	11
Uncited documents	2002	9
Uncited documents	2003	3
Cited documents	1999	0
Cited documents	2000	1
Cited documents	2001	0
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	0

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