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Back to all metricsThe Field-Citation Average is the expected number of citations for a specific type of Scholarly Output, from a specific subject discipline (or disciplines) for a specific year.
The Field-Citation Average is used to calculate the Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) for a Scholarly Ouput in SciVal.
To calculate the Field-Citation Average for a Scholarly Output you need to divide the total citations received from the year of publication + 3 years by the FWCI.
Please note that if an article is more than 4 years old, you cannot use the citation count in SciVal to calculate the FWCI - as a 4 year citation window is used for the FWCI. You can use Scopus to see the citations received by a publication in the first 4 years of publication.
Below is an example of how you can calculate the Field-Citation Average for an article which is 4 years old or less. The articles below are published in 2019 and are 4 years old (this example is being written in 2022). To calculate the Field-Citation Average you:
- Export the total citations and FWCI - in our example I've also exported the Field-Citation Average so you can see that the calclation matches up)
- Divide the citations by the FWCI
Year | Citations | FWCI | Field-Citation Average Calculation | Field-Citation Average | Exported Field-Citation Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 264 | 5.47 | 264 / 5.47 | 48.26 | 48.27 |
2019 | 180 | 16.71 | 180 / 16.71 | 10.77 | 10.77 |
2019 | 126 | 2.67 | 126 / 2.67 | 47.19 | 47.28 |
Please note that due to rounding of the FWCI, there may be small differences between your calculated Field-Citation Average and the vales in the export. Lines 1 and 3 illustrate that.
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