Due to a production error, there was a mistake in Figures 1, 2, 4–8 as published. The current figure order is incorrect and has led to a mismatch between the figures and the captions.
The corrected figures appear below.
Figure 1
Comparison between the total weights of each Scopus area according to the system used.
Figure 2
Scopus areas network diagram.
Figure 4
Average weight and percentage of documents assigned to a single area according to the system used.
Figure 5
Relative frequencies histogram according to classification weights.
Figure 6
Normalised impact difference evolution.
Figure 7
Normalised impact standard deviation difference by area.
Figure 8
Excellence distribution at 10% in Scopus areas with paper-by-paper system.
The publisher apologizes for this mistake. The original article has been updated.
Summary
Keywords
scientometrics, classification systems, Scopus, ASJC, item-by-item classification
Citation
Frontiers Production Office (2025) Erratum: Bibliometrics effects of a new paper level classification. Front. Res. Metr. Anal. 10:1603155. doi: 10.3389/frma.2025.1603155
Received
31 March 2025
Accepted
31 March 2025
Published
10 April 2025
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Frontiers Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
Volume
10 - 2025
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