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来源类型 | Article |
规范类型 | 其他 |
DOI | 10.1093/reseval/rvy001 |
ISBN | 0958-2029 |
To what extent is publishing in the Web of Science an indicator of journal 'quality'? | |
Chavarro Bohorquez, Diego Andres; Rafols, Ismael | |
发表日期 | 2018-01-29 |
出处 | Research Evaluation |
出版者 | Oxford University Press |
出版年 | 2018 |
页码 | 106-118 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | The assessment of research based on the journal in which it is published is a widely adopted practice. Some research assessments use the Web of Science (WoS) to identify “high quality” journals, which are assumed to publish excellent research. The authority of WoS on journal quality stems from its selection of journals based on editorial standards and scientific impact criteria. These can be considered as universalistic criteria, meaning that they can be applied to any journal regardless of its place of publication, language, or discipline. In this article we examine the coverage by WoS of journals produced in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. We use a logistic regression to examine the probability of a journal to be covered by WoS given universalistic criteria (editorial standards and scientific impact of the journal) and particularistic criteria (country, language, and discipline of the journal). We find that it is not possible to predict the inclusion of journals in WoS only through the universalistic criteria because particularistic variables such as country of the journal, its discipline and language are strongly related to inc¬lusion in WoS. We conclude that using WoS as a universalistic tool for research assessment can disadvantage science published in journals with adequate editorial standards and scientific merit. We discuss the implications of these findings within the research evaluation literature, specifically for countries and disciplines not extensively covered by WoS. |
特色分类 | H Social Sciences (General) |
URL | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/71256/ |
来源智库 | Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/469010 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chavarro Bohorquez, Diego Andres,Rafols, Ismael. To what extent is publishing in the Web of Science an indicator of journal 'quality'?. 2018. |
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