Purpose:This study investigated the publication behaviour of 573 chief editors managing 432 Social Sciences journals in Turkey.Direct inquiries into editorial qualifications are rare,and this research aims to shed lig...Purpose:This study investigated the publication behaviour of 573 chief editors managing 432 Social Sciences journals in Turkey.Direct inquiries into editorial qualifications are rare,and this research aims to shed light on editors’scientific leadership capabilities.Design/methodology/approach:This study contrasts insider publication behaviour in national journals with international articles in journals indexed by the Web of Science(WOS)and Scopus.It argues that editors demonstrating a consistent ability to publish in competitive WOS and Scopus indexed journals signal high qualifications,while editors with persistent insider behaviour and strong local orientation signal low qualification.Scientific leadership capability is measured by first-authored publications.Correlation and various regression tests are conducted to identify significant determinants of publication behaviour.Findings:International publications are rare and concentrated on a few individuals,while insider publications are endemic and constitute nearly 40%of all national articles.Editors publish 3.2 insider papers and 8.1 national papers for every SSCI article.62%(58%)of the editors have no SSCI(Scopus)article,53%(63%)do not have a single lead-authored WOS(Scopus)article,and 89%publish at least one insider paper.Only a minority consistently publish in international journals;a fifth of the editors have three or more SSCI publications,and a quarter have three or more Scopus articles.Editors with foreign Ph.D.degrees are the most qualified and internationally oriented,whereas non-mobile editors are the most underqualified and underperform other editors by every measure.Illustrating the overall lack of qualification,nearly half of the professor editors and the majority of the WOS and Scopus indexed journal editors have no record of SSCI or Scopus publications.Research limitations:This research relies on local settings that encourage national publications at the expense of international journals.Findings should be evaluated in light of this setting and bearing in mind that narrow localities are more prone to peer favouritism.Practical implications:Incompetent and nepotistic editors pose an imminent threat to Turkish national literature.A lasting solution would likely include the dismissal and replacement of unqualified editors,as well as delisting and closure of dozens of journals that operate in questionable ways and serve little scientific purpose.Originality/value:To my knowledge,this is the first study to document the publication behaviour of national journal chief editors.展开更多
通过对收录入科学网(Web of Science)和斯高帕斯(Scopus)两大国际检索机构中的406种西班牙学术期刊7项指标的统计分析,揭示了数字出版背景下西班牙学术期刊的出版现状及特点。研究发现:数字技术向学术出版领域的渗透催生了西班牙学术出...通过对收录入科学网(Web of Science)和斯高帕斯(Scopus)两大国际检索机构中的406种西班牙学术期刊7项指标的统计分析,揭示了数字出版背景下西班牙学术期刊的出版现状及特点。研究发现:数字技术向学术出版领域的渗透催生了西班牙学术出版的新生态;西班牙政府积极参与国际学术对话的意识和实践,在其国际化方面发挥着不可替代的作用;近年西班牙学术期刊的快速增长反映出该国学术国际影响力的不断提升;健康科学、社会科学、艺术与人文科学类期刊比例较高,反映出西班牙人文社会科学的繁荣与发达;刊、网分离的管理制度,有效地推动了期刊的国际化传播;西班牙政府坚持"学术公器"的出版理念,约75%的学术期刊可以免费获取。展开更多
文摘Purpose:This study investigated the publication behaviour of 573 chief editors managing 432 Social Sciences journals in Turkey.Direct inquiries into editorial qualifications are rare,and this research aims to shed light on editors’scientific leadership capabilities.Design/methodology/approach:This study contrasts insider publication behaviour in national journals with international articles in journals indexed by the Web of Science(WOS)and Scopus.It argues that editors demonstrating a consistent ability to publish in competitive WOS and Scopus indexed journals signal high qualifications,while editors with persistent insider behaviour and strong local orientation signal low qualification.Scientific leadership capability is measured by first-authored publications.Correlation and various regression tests are conducted to identify significant determinants of publication behaviour.Findings:International publications are rare and concentrated on a few individuals,while insider publications are endemic and constitute nearly 40%of all national articles.Editors publish 3.2 insider papers and 8.1 national papers for every SSCI article.62%(58%)of the editors have no SSCI(Scopus)article,53%(63%)do not have a single lead-authored WOS(Scopus)article,and 89%publish at least one insider paper.Only a minority consistently publish in international journals;a fifth of the editors have three or more SSCI publications,and a quarter have three or more Scopus articles.Editors with foreign Ph.D.degrees are the most qualified and internationally oriented,whereas non-mobile editors are the most underqualified and underperform other editors by every measure.Illustrating the overall lack of qualification,nearly half of the professor editors and the majority of the WOS and Scopus indexed journal editors have no record of SSCI or Scopus publications.Research limitations:This research relies on local settings that encourage national publications at the expense of international journals.Findings should be evaluated in light of this setting and bearing in mind that narrow localities are more prone to peer favouritism.Practical implications:Incompetent and nepotistic editors pose an imminent threat to Turkish national literature.A lasting solution would likely include the dismissal and replacement of unqualified editors,as well as delisting and closure of dozens of journals that operate in questionable ways and serve little scientific purpose.Originality/value:To my knowledge,this is the first study to document the publication behaviour of national journal chief editors.
文摘通过对收录入科学网(Web of Science)和斯高帕斯(Scopus)两大国际检索机构中的406种西班牙学术期刊7项指标的统计分析,揭示了数字出版背景下西班牙学术期刊的出版现状及特点。研究发现:数字技术向学术出版领域的渗透催生了西班牙学术出版的新生态;西班牙政府积极参与国际学术对话的意识和实践,在其国际化方面发挥着不可替代的作用;近年西班牙学术期刊的快速增长反映出该国学术国际影响力的不断提升;健康科学、社会科学、艺术与人文科学类期刊比例较高,反映出西班牙人文社会科学的繁荣与发达;刊、网分离的管理制度,有效地推动了期刊的国际化传播;西班牙政府坚持"学术公器"的出版理念,约75%的学术期刊可以免费获取。
