Citation counting is an important bibliometric and scientometric technique used to evaluate the influence, visibility, and usefulness of scholarly journals. It refers to the systematic counting of the number of times articles published in a journal are cited by other scholarly publications. Since citations indicate that published research has been used, acknowledged, or built upon by other researchers, citation counts provide useful evidence for assessing the relative importance of journals. Therefore, citation counting can serve as a versatile tool in the selection of journals by researchers, librarians, academic institutions, and research organizations. One of the major applications of citation counting is the comparison of journals within a particular subject field. Journals differ considerably in their scope, quality, readership, and scholarly influence. By examining citation data, it becomes possible to identify journals whose articles receive greater attention from researchers. For example, a library selecting journals for a science collection can compare the citation