从科技期刊出版源头推进开放科学运动——TOP Factor的产生及影响

Promote the open science movement from the source of the publication of scientific journals:The emergence and influence of TOP Factor

【目的】研究以开放透明为导向的新一代期刊评价体系TOP Factor的来源及应用,为我国科技期刊界参与并推动开放科学运动提供参考。【方法】利用网络调研法、文献调研法及数据分析法,探究TOP Factor的产生背景及340余种期刊的得分情况。【结果】TOP Factor的产生主要归因于学术界已认识到影响因子评价体系存在漏洞,需要建立一套可以客观反映期刊发表内容质量,提高研究透明度和再现性的严谨、透明的期刊评价体系。TOP Factor共有10项指标,每项指标分为0~3分4个等级,目前已进行评估的期刊中心理学领域的期刊得分较高。【结论】开放透明已成为今后学术出版的大趋势,TOP Factor是从出版源头推进开放科学,随着其在促进数据开放共享、提高学术成果可重复性方面的优势逐渐突显,使用TOP Factor的期刊和出版商将会越来越多。我国科技期刊应重视这一趋势并积极制定与开放科学相关的期刊政策,努力打造开放透明的学术生态。

[Purposes]This paper aims to study the background and application of TOP Factor,a new journal evaluation system committing to openness and transparency,which is expected to serve as a reference for the scientific journals in China to participate in and promote the open science movement.[Methods]Network research,literature research,and data analysis were adopted to explore the background of TOP Factor and the TOP Factor scores of more than 340 journals.[Findings]TOP Factor emerged as the academic community had realized the limitations of the impact factor-based evaluation system and called for a more rigorous and transparent journal evaluation system that can objectively reflect the quality of journals’content and improve research transparency and reproducibility.The scoring system awards journals zero to three points for each measure and psychology journals have won the highest score so far.[Conclusions]Openness and transparency have become a major trend in academic publishing.TOP Factor system promotes open science from the source of publication.As its advantages in promoting data openness and sharing and improving the repeatability of academic outcomes gradually become prominent,more and more journals and publishers will use it.China’s scientific journals should emphasize this trend and actively formulate policies related to open science,thereby establishing an open and transparent academy ecosystem.