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Journal Rankings Data
based on publicly available data from
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
SJR data retrieved May 11, 2025 from scimagojr.com
ABS Academic Journal Guide
Ratings sourced from the Chartered Association of Business Schools
ABDC Journal Quality List (JQL)
Ratings sourced from the Australian Business Deans Council
ExCITATION is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by SCImago, Elsevier, the Chartered ABS, or ABDC.
How do I benefit from ExCITATION?
As a researcher by profession, I am often under pressure. Too many commitments clashing with my fast-paced work.
ExCITATION saves my time!
Cut literature search time by speeding up the studies selection process, saving 3 hours per week on average ⏱️
Predatory publishers: keep off!
ExCITATION gives me a warning whenever a source might come from a predatory journal or vanity publisher. Pfew! I feel safer now. I know I am in good hands with ExCITATION!
I usually want my literature searches to be accurate and as effortless as possible.
High-quality sources only
Improves the accuracy of the selection of high-quality sources for your literature search, in only one click! 🖱️
Early career researchers' dread: mmm... Where to publish?
If searching for literature in an unfamiliar field, worry no more! ExCITATION is the guide leading the way in understanding where to publish next!
If I am able to identify the right studies in a shorter time, I can be more productive with my publications!
Increases my chance to publish better work in better journals
ExCITATION allows me to quickly sort all literature searches by a number of citations, by impact factor, by journal ranking, and so on. 📊
Phd student? Phd supervisor?
It is difficult to understand the literature when you start a PhD. ExCITATION gives a direction on what studies to include in the literature search. For a PhD supervisor, ExCITATION offers a tool for their PhD students to get extra help in searching for good sources.
User Reviews
★★★★★
I believe this plugin is useful for researchers and evaluators of the published result. It helps with citations, ranking and other related issues. Keep up the good work: developers!
Tariq H. M.
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★★★★★
I really believe this is an essential tool for any researcher. It simplifies so much the whole process of identifying, ranking and selecting papers/journals... I think the extension works great and it offers the needed results immediately without even asking for it. Totally recommend it. An absolutely essential for research.
Ioannis C.
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★★★★★
I like it. It is visually interesting and easy to navigate. The ability to see the abstract is outstanding. It will be even better when developers add other indicators.
Nebojsa D.
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★★★★★
Handy tool for classifying articles and visualizing the abstract, making finding the most relevant articles faster. Otherwise, the plugin works perfectly on Edge
Asmae E.K.
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Our Users
Doctoral students
PhD/DBA/MPhil students, their supervisors, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students who want to distinguish themselves in the quality of their dissertations.
Institutions
Universities, research centres and institutes, and private corporations that conduct scientific and technological research. Public bodies departments who generate white papers and reports.
Features
We enhance Google Scholar search results with:
Sort by Cites and preview abstracts
Long awaited feature gets most cited papers on top and preview the abstract in one click
Sort by the quality of the journals
SJR ranking and impact factor. More to come: Web of Science, JCR (SCI/SSCI), SENSE, CABS, ABCDE, Dallas list, ...
Export to Excel (planned)
Build your own references database or create your dataset for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Avoid predatory journals (in closed alpha version)
Identify and exclude 15,000+ predatory journals and low-quality sources from your search
Highlight top ranked sources
Color coding of impact factor percentile
Filter by country of a source (planned)
Narrow down to your community of peers