从单篇论文评价视角看学术期刊的首篇文章

On the assessment of the first article in one volume of academic journals

选取中国科技论文与引文数据库中2003—2012年的论文及引文数据,以综合大学学报类和医学综合类期刊的首篇文章为例,从单篇论文评价的角度探讨首篇文章(同行评议质量较高)与同期的总体论文、高h指数论文、高被引论文之间的关系。结果发现:相比同期的其他论文,期刊的首篇文章具有更高的影响力,论文的h指数均值及篇均被引都高于前者;期刊的首篇论文中,38%同时为当期论文中的h指数最高论文,10%为当期论文中的被引频次最高论文,定量评价的高质量论文与同行评议的高品质论文——首篇文章,具有较好的重合度。值得注意的是,这种重合度随着时间的推移在不断增长。

The journal impact fact cannot be used to effectively evaluate a single publication. The first article in each volume of a journal is always regarded to be of high quality. This paper conducts an assessment on the so-called ＂ first articles＂ from a viewpoint of single publication evaluation by using the h-index and total citation （TC） of a specific paper based on the CSTPCD database which was developed by ISTIC. As it reveals, the ＂ first articles＂ have a higher impact than that of other papers published in the same volume of a journal. Meanwhile, about 38% of the ＂ first articles＂ have the highest h-index, and 10% have the highest citations in one volume.