On indexing in the Web of Science and predicting journal impact factor

We discuss what document types account for the calculation of the journal impact factor （JIF） as published in the Journal Citation Reports （JCR）. Based on a brief review of articles discussing how to predict JIFs and taking data differences between the Web of Science （WoS） and the JCR into account, we make our own predictions. Using data by cited-reference searching for Thomson Scientific＇s WoS, we predict 2007 impact factors （1Fs） for several journals, such as Nature, Science, Learned Publishing and some Library and Information Sciences journals. Based on our colleagues＇ experiences we expect our predictions to be lower bounds for the official journal impact factors. We explain why it is useful to derive one＇s own journal impact factor.

An Automatic Method to Identify Citations to Journals in News Stories: A Case Study of UK Newspapers Citing Web of Science Journals

Purpose: Communicating scientific results to the public is essential to inspire future researchers and ensure that discoveries are exploited. News stories about research are a key communication pathway for this and have been manually monitored to assess the extent of press coverage of scholarship.Design/methodology/Approach: To make larger scale studies practical, this paper introduces an automatic method to extract citations from newspaper stories to large sets of academic journals. Curated ProQuest queries were used to search for citations to 9,639 Science and3,412 Social Science Web of Science(WoS) journals from eight UK daily newspapers during2006–2015. False matches were automatically filtered out by a new program, with 94% of the remaining stories meaningfully citing research.Findings: Most Science(95%) and Social Science(94%) journals were never cited by these newspapers. Half of the cited Science journals covered medical or health-related topics,whereas 43% of the Social Sciences journals were related to psychiatry or psychology. From the citing news stories, 60% described research extensively and 53% used multiple sources,but few commented on research quality.Research Limitations: The method has only been tested in English and from the ProQuest Newspapers database.Practical implications: Others can use the new method to systematically harvest press coverage of research.Originality/value: An automatic method was introduced and tested to extract citations from newspaper stories to large sets of academic journals.

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences has received the first Impact Factor of 4.56

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences has been selected for coverage in the Clarivate Analytics products:Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)starting with volume 10 (1) 2015, online at the Web of KnowledgeTM.

Scientometric Implosion that Leads to Explosion: Case Study of Armenian Journals

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to introduce a new concept and term into the scientometric discourse and research—scientometric implosion—and test the idea on the example of the Armenian journals. The article argues that the existence of a compressed scientific area in the country makes pressure on the journals and after some time this pressure makes one or several journals explode—break the limited national scientific area and move to the international arena. As soon as one of the local journals breaks through this compressed space and appears at an international level, further explosion happens, which makes the other journals follow the same path.Design/methodology/approach: Our research is based on three international scientific databases—WoS, Scopus, and RISC CC, from where we have retrieved information about the Armenian journals indexed there and citations received by those journals and one national database—the Armenian Science Citation Index. Armenian Journal Impact Factor(ArmJIF) was calculated for the local Armenian journals based on the general impact factor formula. Journals were classified according to Gl?nzel and Schubert(2003). Findings: Our results show that the science policy developed by the scientific authorities of Armenia and the introduction of ArmJIF have made the Armenian journals comply with international standards and resulted in some local journals to break the national scientific territory and be indexed in international scientific databases of RISC, Scopus, and WoS. Apart from complying with technical requirements, the journals start publishing articles also in foreign languages. Although nearly half of the local journals are in the fields of social sciences and humanities, only one journal from that field is indexed in international scientific databases. Research limitation: One of the limitations of the study is that it was performed on the example of only one state and the second one is that more time passage is needed to firmly evaluate the results. However, the introduction of the concept can inspire other similar case study. Practical implications: The new term and relevant model offered in the article can practically be used for the development of national journals.Originality/value: The article proposes a new term and a concept in scientometrics.

Scientific publications in nursing journals from East Asia:A survey of literature

Background:East Asia is one of the most important economy and research force in the world.However,the trend of published articles in various areas of East Asia has not been reported.Methods:We used PubMed and Web of Science databases to search for articles published from China,South Korea,and Japan in 59 nursing journals,from January 2008 to December 2017.Results:The results indicated that Journal of Clinical Nursing is the most popular journal in East Asia and the number of articles published in China has shown a steady upward trend,surpassing Japan and South Korea(from 204 in 2008 to 320 in 2017).South Korea has increased rapidly since 2013(from 65 in 2013 to 144 in 2017).Conclusion:We conclude that China is the most influenced country with the largest number of articles in the field of nursing in East Asia.It is worth noting that the number of articles published in Japan has been slowly declining since 2015.

The international impact of Chinese academic journals revealed by the “Annual Report for International Citation of Chinese Academic Journals”

CNKI has published the ＂Annual Report for International Citation of Chinese Academic Journals＂ since 2012. In the past three years, it has provided comprehensive data on the international impact of Chinese academic journals. Using the clout index （CI） to rank the Chinese academic journals, ＂the Highest International Impact Academic Journals of China＂ and ＂ the Excellent International Impact Academic Journals of China＂ are announced every year. By introducing the rating criteria of the ＂Annual Report for International Citation of Chinese Academic Journals＂, the characteristics of high impact journals are discussed. Especially, the status of the pharmaceutical journals is discussed. We found that there are increasing numbers of Chinese journals that are included in the SCI, and some of them are high impact journals. However, journals published in Chinese are still facing difficulties to be included in SCI, even though they show higher impact than journals published in other non-English languages. The Chinese Pharmaceutical journals need to enhance their international impact, but Journals on Chinese Medicine show high impact.

《宁波职业技术学院学报》2018—2023年主要计量指标分析及发展建议

运用文献计量内容分析法,对《宁波职业技术学院学报》2018—2023年的载文基本情况、出版时滞、栏目设置、基金论文、核心作者群、影响力指标数据等进行统计分析,发现学报存在部分问题,并提出有针对性地推介与宣传、把控出版时滞、优化栏目设置、培养核心作者群、强化向名家约稿等建议,以促进《宁波职业技术学院学报》的发展。

我国文献计量学发展历程及其在科技期刊评价中的应用

文献计量学作为期刊评价的一个主要工具,在优化期刊质量、促进期刊良性发展中发挥着重要作用。对我国文献计量学的发展历程、文献计量学在期刊评价中的应用及存在的问题进行综述,在此基础上提出相应举措,指出今后仍应不断完善期刊评价指标和体系的建设。

代表作视角下的期刊评价指标研究

基于代表作评价理念提出能反映期刊长期学术声望的C10指数,验证其有效性并探讨其应用价值。将期刊近十年内发表且产生较大学术影响的论文(被引次数不低于10)视为该刊的代表性论文,期刊拥有此类论文的数量即为其C10值。通过CSSCI和CNKI数据库采集相关数据并计算CSSCI来源期刊(2021—2022)的C10及其衍生指标,识别出具有较高学术声望的期刊,将其与获得国家社科基金资助及高校人文社科奖的期刊进行比较以验证C10指数的有效性,进而探讨该指数的应用价值。实证研究表明,利用本文所提方法识别出的期刊在获得国家社科基金资助及高校人文社科奖方面表现良好。基于代表作评价理念的C10指数能有效识别学术声望比较高的期刊及其代表性论文,可在期刊评价和期刊发展方面发挥一定的作用。

基于防止人为操纵的变权CSSCI来源期刊评价

[目的/意义]为了解决CSSCI来源期刊评价中评价指标可能存在的人为操纵,以及办刊时间过短导致的不公平问题,文章提出了一种新的基于防止人为操纵与评价指标变权的评价方法。[方法/过程]首先,对期刊过度自引和载文量偏低进行适当修正,得到合理影响因子。然后,根据办刊历史对总被引频次权重进行变权,当优秀期刊累计载文量偏低时,对影响因子的权重也进行变权修正。[结果/结论]基于图书馆、情报与文献学学科的CSSCI来源期刊在中国知网CNKI引文数据库的研究结果表明,存在一定程度的期刊过度自引与人为操纵载文量的现象。通过对传统CSSCI来源期刊评价方法进行改进,文章提出的CSSCI评价结果与传统CSSCI评价结果差异较大,更加凸显了新评价方法的重要性。

高影响力中文期刊的识别与分档评价

从多维度融合的多源异构信息计量学指标来综合评估学术期刊影响力,为更准确掌握中文期刊影响力提供新思路和新方法。文章以“双碳”关注的能源动力类期刊为例,在完善量化评价机制的驱动下集成因子分析、独立信息数据波动赋权法、改进TOPSIS结合秩和比法等优势从多维视角出发开展实证研究以提升综合评价能力。相关结果揭示了各评价指标及维度间的相关性关系,所构建的评价方法结果虽与影响因子排名总体趋势相似,但更能全面评价和有效甄别出真正的高影响力期刊并实现合理分档。基于理论、方法和应用逻辑的学术期刊影响力评价研究结果合理可靠,具有相当的实操性、兼顾性和可推广性。

从论文被引频次分析期刊影响力提升的对策

选取地球物理学领域4种期刊,即《地球物理学报》《地震地质》《中国地震》《地震地磁观测与研究》,统计其2015—2019年刊载论文被引频次,发现SCI期刊《地球物理学报》和EI期刊《地震地质》有较多的高被引论文,认为高被引论文能有效提升期刊学术影响力。进一步分析认为,为获取高被引稿件,需充分发挥编委会的作用,并涵养作者群。

Discipline Impact Factor: Some of Its History, Some of the Author's Experience of Its Application, the Continuing Reasons for Its Use and… Next Beyond

Purpose: This work aims to consider the role and some of the 42-year history of the discipline impact factor(DIF) in evaluation of serial publications. Also, the original "symmetric" indicator called the "discipline susceptibility factor" is to be presented. Design/methodology/approach: In accordance with the purpose of the work, the methods are analytical interpretation of the scientific literature related to this problem as well as speculative explanations. The information base of the research is bibliometric publications dealing with impact, impact factor, discipline impact factor, and discipline susceptibility factor.Findings: Examples of the DIF application and modification of the indicator are given. It is shown why research and university libraries need to use the DIF to evaluate serials in conditions of scarce funding for subscription to serial publications, even if open access is available. The role of the DIF for evaluating journals by authors of scientific papers when choosing a good and right journal for submitting a paper is also briefly discussed. An original indicator "symmetrical" to the DIF(the "discipline susceptibility factor") and its differences from the DIF in terms of content and purpose of evaluation are also briefly presented.Research limitations: The selection of publications for the information base of the research did not include those in which the DIF was only mentioned, used partially or not for its original purpose. Restrictions on the length of the article to be submitted in this special issue of the JDIS also caused exclusion even a number of completely relevant publications. Consideration of the DIF is not placed in the context of describing other derivatives from the Garfield impact factor. Practical implications: An underrated bibliometric indicator, viz. the discipline impact factor is being promoted for the practical application. An original indicator "symmetrical" to DIF has been proposed in order of searching serial publications representing the external research fields that might fit for potential applications of the results of scientific activities obtained within the framework of the specific research field represented by the cited specialized journals. Both can be useful in research and university libraries in their endeavors to improve scientific information services. Also, both can be used for evaluating journals by authors of scientific papers when choosing a journal to submit a paper.Originality/value: The article substantiates the need to evaluate scientific serial publications in library activities—even in conditions of access to huge and convenient databases(subscription packages) and open access to a large number of serial publications. It gives a mini-survey of the history of one of the methods of such evaluation, and offers an original method for evaluating scientific serial publications.

Analysis of Moxibustion Reports Published in Journals of Science Citation Index in Recent 5 Years

Objective： To analyze moxibustion reports published in the journals of Science Citation Index （SCI）, so as to grasp the current publication development of researches on moxibustion and to provide submission reference to such studies in the future. Methods： Moxibustion reports were searched on PubMed and ISI web of knowledge, and 2 reviewers extracted data independently for analysis. Studies qualified were analyzed from eight aspects： publishing amount, research type, source journal, impact factor （IF）, source country, source academy, indication and effect evaluation, comparison of studies between China and other countries. Results and Conclusion： Fifty-three associated reports published in journals of SC1 were selected. The publishing amount of moxibustion reports increased year by year, and majority of these reports were clinical researches and system reviews. IFs of most journals were less than 5. Diseases involved were various; however, the curative effect of moxibustion was still uncertain worldwide. The mechanism of moxibustion was not fully described, either. Further high-quality and convictive researches were still needed to define the curative effect of moxibustion and to increase the SCI publishing amounts.

基于关联重言的人文社科期刊评价量化模型探索

本研究基于关联重言(association tautology)构建一流学术圈,探寻从一流学科所在的高校学者发文角度进行期刊评价,通过对SSCI(Social Sciences Citation Index)、A&HCI(Arts&Humanities Citation Index)5000余种期刊在2014—2018年这5年中发表的50余万篇论文的计量分析,构建了一种大数据基础上的人文社科期刊评价方式——一流学科评价法,有效规避主观不确定性,并取得了较好的实证效果。本研究提出的可持续的动态计量评价方法,以学者的投稿行为作为切入点,能够有效解决当前引文分析的弊端,可以在应用中不断加以完善。

被引期刊质量的5年影响因子计算修正法

针对传统5年影响因子评价期刊时未考虑被引期刊质量问题,设计基于被引期刊质量的5年影响因子修正法,并以8种教育类期刊为例对影响因子修正公式进行校验分析.结果表明,基于被引期刊质量的5年影响因子修正式提供了基于期刊质量的不同学科因不同时限要求、不同科研发展速率的期刊评价的通式,细化了对期刊影响因子值相近期刊的评价,对影响因子计算公式进一步完善修正.

“破五唯”对学术期刊的发展影响及其多维评价

随着《深化新时代教育改革评价总体方案》的发布,“破五唯”成为教育评价改革的重要内容,尤其是其中破除“唯论文”的教育评价导向会对学术期刊产生重要影响,也促使学界对于学术期刊的发展及评价重新思考。以学术期刊评价的方法平衡、评价指标体系合理选择和动态调整、评价过程中多种信息技术的运用、学术期刊评价的开放共享等方面着手,探索建立多维化科学合理的学术期刊评价体系,为后“破五唯”时期的学术期刊发展及其评价摸索一条新路,是学术期刊评价研究的重要方向。

学科期刊影响力评价新视角:期刊动能——以图书情报领域为例

[目的/意义]期刊作为一种重要的学术媒体,一方面展示学科领域的研究成果;另一方面通过被引进行知识输出与传播。因此,识别学科内高影响力期刊,对于促进学科发展有着重要意义。[方法/过程]期刊由于被引而具有知识输出与传播的能量,文章根据动能定理,提出期刊动能概念,从期刊知识输出质量与速度两方面构建期刊动能模型,分别计算总体、学科内、学科外动能,根据期刊动能大小对期刊总体、学科内、学科外影响力进行评价。[结果/结论]以图书情报学为例进行实证分析,发现:“知识输出质量”是提升图书情报类期刊影响力的关键;图书情报类期刊影响力主要表现为对内影响力;图书情报类期刊的对外影响力主要由情报类期刊提升,图书馆类期刊的对外影响力普遍较低。

3种引文规范化指标RCR、CNCI和JNCI的相关性研究

[目的/意义]引文规范化指标作为一种新兴的评价指标,考虑了多种因素对论文引用的影响,从而在学术成果评价方面展示了较为突出的优势。研究不同引文规范化指标的关联性对于学术论文评价具有重要的意义。[方法/过程]本文选取InCites数据库中2018—2022年10种不同学科领域的论文作为研究样本,对这些论文的3种规范化指标(相对引用率RCR、学科规范化引文影响力CNCI和期刊规范化引文影响力JNCI)进行相关性分析,并对比分析了其中3个代表性学科领域的论文发表国家和研究机构的规范化指标。[结果/结论]研究结果表明,在这10种学科领域中,RCR、CNCI和JNCI指标两两之间呈现正相关;对于大多数学科领域,RCR与CNCI指标之间以及CNCI与JNCI指标之间相关程度均较高,而RCR与JNCI指标之间的相关程度相对较低;在不同学科领域中,国家或研究机构所对应的RCR和CNCI均值能够反映其在学科领域中的学术水平和学术影响力。本文的研究从一定程度上揭示了RCR、CNCI和JNCI指标在不同学科领域中评价论文学术影响力的差异和关联性。