스포츠사회학 학술지와 관련 분야 학술지의 Impact Factor 비교

한준영 한국스포츠사회학회 2008 한국스포츠사회학회지 Vol.21 No.3

Centered around many biophysical science fields, diverse academic disciplines have verified their institutionalized scholarly standings. However, little attempts have been made in the field of sport sociology. This study adopted the impact factor of the SCI/SCIE/SSCI lists, and compared different peer-reviewed journals of sport sociology to those of the related fields including sport/exercise studies, sociology, and sociology-related social sciences. The present study employed a secondary data-analysis utilizing the existing data sources from the Thompson Scientific. Then, descriptive analyses were computed to analyze the collected data. As a result, the SSJ and the JSSI, considered the two prominent sport sociology journals, carried impact factors of .7 and .8, respectively. Those impact factors were lower than the aggregate impact factor of the sport/exercise science category (1.17) as well as sociology/sociology-related social sciences (.8). Only two sport sociology journals were found from the SCIE and SSCI lists. This might provide valuable lessons to scholars in the field of sport sociology. Further, given the fact that neither Korean sport/exercise science journal nor Korean sport sociology journal was included in the SCI/SCIE/SSCI lists, the Korean scholars should take that as constructive feedbacks. The results of this study should not be interpreted from the arithmetic standpoint; it, however, should be interpreted in terms of how journals of sport sociology can be more valuable and competitive under its unique circumstance. In conclusion, this study provides implications as to an appropriate understanding of the impact factor with all the concerns and considerations taken into account. 자연과학 분야를 중심으로, 다양한 학문 분야들이 학술적 위치에 관한 계량적 측정을 시도해오고 있지만, 스포츠사회학에서는 그에 관한 시도가 없었다. SCI/SCIE와 SSCI의 Impact factor는 학술지가 어떠한 학술적 위치를 지니는가에 관한 정보를 제공한다. 따라서 본 연구는 스포츠사회학 학술지들의 수준은 어떠한지, 또한 체육학, 사회학, 그리고 사회학 관련 학술지들과 어떤 차이를 보이는지를 Impact factor의 비교를 통해 간접 확인하였다. 본 연구는 Thompson Scientific에서 산정하는 Impact factor에 관한 보고를 2차자료수집법을 사용하여 자료를 수집하였으며, 수집된 자료를 기술적분석법을 통해 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 스포츠사회학 학술지인 SSJ와 JSSI의 Impact factor는 .7-.8 수준으로 체육학 전체의 평균(1.17)에 미치지 못했으며, 또한, 사회학/사회학 관련 학술지들의 평균(.8)보다 낮은 수준을 보여준다. 단 2종의 스포츠사회학 학술지(SSJ & JSSI)와 한국 발행 체육학 학술지가 없다는 것은 스포츠사회학과 한국의 스포츠사회학이 앞으로 노력을 해야 할 하나의 방향으로서 제시된다. 본 연구는 Impact factor의 비교를 통한 스포츠사회학의 산술적인 평가에 보다는, Impact factor의 문제를 충분히 고려해서, 스포츠사회학 학술지의 발전적 방향을 제언한다.

국내외 마케팅 학술지의 영향력: Kor-Factor와 Impact Factor의 문제점을 중심으로

조은성,송재도 한국마케팅관리학회 2011 마케팅관리연구 Vol.16 No.2

This study has four research goals. First, this study investigates the influence of eight Korean marketing journals. Previous ranking studies on Korean marketing journals collected citation data of only one or two journals, and their results were fundamentally influenced by self-citation. Our analysis controls self-citation by utilizing citation data of more than 1,000 journals included in Korea Citation Index (hereafter, KCI). Second, this study offers an updated report on the rankings of international marketing journals. While many studies have examined the rankings of international marketing journals, extensive reviews are rarely found. This study provides useful information by comparing the results of existing studies with various types of analysis based on recent data. Third, this study raises extensive criticism against Impact Factor and Kor-Factor (a new journal influence measure that is sponsored and published by KCI). Finally, this study introduces recent advances in journal influence indicators. We used Thompson Reuters' 2008 Journal Citation Report, Scopus' 2008 SJR indicator and SNIP for analyzing international marketing journals' influence. This study examined eight Korean marketing journals, that is, Journal of Korean Marketing Association (JKMA), Journal of Consumer Studies (JCS), Journal of Marketing Management Research (JMMR), The Korean Journal of Advertising, Korean Marketing Journal, Journal of Distribution Research, Advertising Research, and Journal of Global Academy of Marketing Science. Citing and cited data of the journals were from KCI. Impact Factor failed to produce good descriptions of international marketing journals' rankings. For example, JCR scored only tenth in 2008 Impact Factor, lagged behind JCP, JPIM, JCA, JIM, and IJRM. Five-year Article Influence and h-j index report the most reasonable rankings. Their Top Four list coincides and consists of JM, JMR, JCR and JCR. Their Top Ten list also coincides and includes JCP, JIcM, JAMS, JPIM, IJRM and JR. In Korean marketing journals, JKMA ranked top in all of the influence measures. JCS and JMMR occupied second and third, respectively. Keywords: Citation analysis, Marketing journal rankings, Journal ranking, Journal influence, Impact Factor, Kor-Factor, h-index, Eigenfactor, Article Influence, SJR indicator, SNIP 본 연구는 네 가지 연구목적을 갖고 있다. 첫째, 본 연구는 국내 마케팅 분야 8개 주요 학술지의 영향력을 분석한다. 국내 소비자와 광고 분야 학술지의 영향력을 조사한 기존 연구들은 자기인용을 통제하지 못했다는 문제점이 있었으며, 아직 마케팅 전 분야를 포괄하는 학술지의 영향력 조사는 발표된 바 없다. 둘째, 본 연구는 기존 연구 결과 및 최신 자료를 이용한 다양한 지표들을 제시함으로써 해외 마케팅 학술지의 영향력을 제시한다. 셋째, 본 연구는 한국연구재단이 발표한 Kor-Factor의 논리적, 실증적 문제점을 지적한다. Kor-Factor는 국내 학술계 전반에 큰 파급효과를 미칠 수 있으나, 아직 그 문제점을 지적한 연구는 찾을 수 없다. 마지막으로, 본 연구는 Kor-Factor 및 Impact Factor의 문제점을 극복할 수 있는 최신의 연구 결과들을 소개한다. 구체적으로는 학술지용 h-지수, Eigenfactor의 Article Influence , SJR indicator, SNIP 등의 방법들이 논의된다. 본 연구의 해외 마케팅 학술지 관련 분석은 Thompson Reuters and Scopus 홈페이지의 2008년 기준의 자료를 활용하였다. 국내 마케팅 학술지 분석은 마케팅 분야 8개 학술지에 대한 한국학술지인용색인(KCI)의 2004년부터 2008년까지의 인용 및 피인용 자료를 이용하였다. 분석 결과, 해외 마케팅 학술지의 영향력을 분석함에 있어 Impact Factor보다는 학술지용 h 지수, Article Influence, SNIP 등의 최신 지표들이 더욱 타당성 있는 결과를 보여주었다. 국내 마케팅 학술지에 적용한 결과 모든 영향력 지표에서 마케팅연구가 1위를 기록하였으며, 소비자학연구와 마케팅관리연구가 각각 2위와 3위를 차지하였다.

Increase in frequency of citation by SCIE journals of non-Medline journals after listing in an open access full-text database

Geum Hee Jeong,Sun Huh 한국과학학술지편집인협의회 2014 Science Editing Vol.1 No.1

We hypothesized that it is not open access status but rather exposure in the PubMed platform that affects citation frequency in medical journals. In November 2008, medical journals from Korea began to be added to PubMed Central (PMC). Therefore, it would be interesting to know whether or not their impact factor based on Web of Science has increased since the journals were listed in PMC/PubMed. To answer this question, a citation analysis of seven journals that have been indexed in PMC since 2008 or 2009 was done. Only non-Medline journals were selected and the impact factors of five Medline journals were compared. The impact factor was calculated via Web of Science. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) data were used if the data of the target journals were provided in JCR. Trends for the impact factors of different years were analyzed using dBSTAT ver. 5.0. There has been an increasing rates of the impact factor for the seven non-Medline journals, 1.92 in 2011 over 2010 ; 3.27 in 2010 over 2009 ; 1.12 in 2012 over 2011. As for the five Medline journals, the increasing rate in 2010 over 2009 was 1.18 ; however, those of 2011 over 2010 and 2012 over 2011 were 1.01 and 1.04 respectively. The Science Citation Index Expanded impact factor of medical journals published in Korea can be increased if those journals are published in English and listed in PMC. This is an effect of the platform in which the journals are listed and not just an effect of free access.

The Elevation of Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine to the Status of an International Journal After Adopting an English-Only Policy

허선 대한재활의학회 2015 Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine Vol.39 No.5

Objective To use bibliometric analyses to determine whether Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine (hereafter also referred to as Annals) became an international journal after adopting an English-only policy in 2011.Methods Articles from the third issue of 2011 to the third issue of 2015 were analyzed according to the following parameters: whether the research was supported by funding, country of authorship, impact factor, total citations, the countries of researchers who cited Annals; the journals that cited Annals; and the Hirsch index.Results One hundred twenty-eight (34.2%) of the 374 original articles were supported by research funds. The main authors were from Korea (550/556, 98.9%), the USA (3), Iran (2), Japan (1), Turkey (1), and the United Kingdom (1). The manually calculated impact factors in 2013 and 2014 were 0.582 and 0.667, respectively. The total annual citations from years 2012 to 2015 were 15, 130, 252, and 189, respectively. The countries of residence of the main authors who cited Annals were the USA (146), Korea (89), and China (49). The journals that cited Annals most frequently were the Journal of Physical Therapy (34), Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (15), and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (13). The Hirsch index was 9.Conclusion The above results demonstrate that the change of the language policy of Annals to English-only was successful in elevating the journal to the international level. The journal’s aim of sharing up-to-date knowledge dedicated to advancing the care of the disabled and enhancing their everyday abilities and quality of life has been satisfactorily realized. Objective To use bibliometric analyses to determine whether Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine (hereafter also referred to as Annals) became an international journal after adopting an English-only policy in 2011.Methods Articles from the third issue of 2011 to the third issue of 2015 were analyzed according to the following parameters: whether the research was supported by funding, country of authorship, impact factor, total citations, the countries of researchers who cited Annals; the journals that cited Annals; and the Hirsch index.Results One hundred twenty-eight (34.2%) of the 374 original articles were supported by research funds. The main authors were from Korea (550/556, 98.9%), the USA (3), Iran (2), Japan (1), Turkey (1), and the United Kingdom (1). The manually calculated impact factors in 2013 and 2014 were 0.582 and 0.667, respectively. The total annual citations from years 2012 to 2015 were 15, 130, 252, and 189, respectively. The countries of residence of the main authors who cited Annals were the USA (146), Korea (89), and China (49). The journals that cited Annals most frequently were the Journal of Physical Therapy (34), Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (15), and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (13). The Hirsch index was 9.Conclusion The above results demonstrate that the change of the language policy of Annals to English-only was successful in elevating the journal to the international level. The journal’s aim of sharing up-to-date knowledge dedicated to advancing the care of the disabled and enhancing their everyday abilities and quality of life has been satisfactorily realized.

A Novel Journal Evaluation Metric that Adjusts the Impact Factors across Different Subject Categories

Pyo, Sujin,Lee, Woojin,Lee, Jaewook Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers 2016 Industrial Engineeering & Management Systems Vol.15 No.1

During the last two decades, impact factor has been widely used as a journal evaluation metric that differentiates the influence of a specific journal compared with other journals. However, impact factor does not provide a reliable metric between journals in different subject categories. For example, higher impact factors are given to biology and general sciences than those assigned to other traditional engineering and social sciences. This study initially analyzes the trend of the time series of the impact factors of the journals listed in Journal Citation Reports during the last decade. This study then proposes new journal evaluation metrics that adjust the impact factors across different subject categories. The proposed metrics possibly provides a consistent measure to mitigate the differences in impact factors among subject categories. On the basis of experimental results, we recommend the most reliable and appropriate metric to evaluate journals that are less dependent on the characteristics of subject categories.

Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery's Evolution into an International Journal Based on Journal Metrics

Sun Huh 대한정형외과학회 2016 Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery Vol.8 No.2

This article is aimed at providing evidence of increased international recognition of Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery (CiOS) based on journal metrics. Since 7 years have passed since its launch in 2009, it is time to reflect on the journal’s efforts to be recognized as a top-notch journal. The following journal metrics were analyzed from the journal’s homepage and Web of Science Core Collection database: number of citable and noncitable articles; number of original articles supported by grants; editorial board members’ countries; authors’ countries; citing authors’ countries; source titles of citing articles; impact factor; total citations; comparison of impact factor with 3 Science Citation Index Expanded journals; and Hirsch index (H-index). Of the total 392 articles, 378 were citable articles (96.4%). Of the total 282 original articles, 52 (18.4%) were supported by research grants. The editorial board members were from 13 countries. Authors were from 20 countries. The number of countries of citing authors was 66. The number of source titles of citing articles was more than 100. The total citations of CiOS have increased from 0 in 2009 to 374 in 2015. The impact factors without self-citations of CiOS were the greatest among 4 Asian journals in 2013 and 2014. The 2015 impact factor was calculated as 0.79 in January 2016. The H-index was 13. CiOS can be considered to have reached the level of top-notch journal in the orthopedic field based on journal metrics. The inclusion of the journal in PubMed Central appears to have increased international relevance of the journal.

A Novel Journal Evaluation Metric that Adjusts the Impact Factors across Different Subject Categories

Sujin Pyo,Woojin Lee,Jaewook Lee 대한산업공학회 2016 Industrial Engineeering & Management Systems Vol.15 No.1

During the last two decades, impact factor has been widely used as a journal evaluation metric that differentiates the influence of a specific journal compared with other journals. However, impact factor does not provide a reliable metric between journals in different subject categories. For example, higher impact factors are given to biology and general sciences than those assigned to other traditional engineering and social sciences. This study initially analyzes the trend of the time series of the impact factors of the journals listed in Journal Citation Reports during the last decade. This study then proposes new journal evaluation metrics that adjust the impact factors across different subject categories. The proposed metrics possibly provides a consistent measure to mitigate the differences in impact factors among subject categories. On the basis of experimental results, we recommend the most reliable and appropriate metric to evaluate journals that are less dependent on the characteristics of subject categories.

학술지 영향력 측정을 위한 h-지수의 응용에 관한 연구

김판준,이재윤 한국정보관리학회 2010 정보관리학회지 Vol.27 No.1

The journal impact factor(JIF) of the Thomson Reuters(ISI) has been widely used to assess the impact of journal as well as its quality. However, the JIF contains its critical limitation, in which it does not measure the impact of journal but the average impact of articles in journal. Besides significant number of problems of the JIF has been noticed. Furthermore, given the limited coverage of domestic citation index database in comparison to those of international citation index, it is necessary to apply a more appropriate index with a high level of discriminating power. This study, therefore, aims to introduce some practical methods to measure the impact of domestic journals by using the Hirsch-type indices. As the Hirsch-type indices has been often used for overcoming the limitations of the JIF in worldwide, we hope that our research outcome offers an effective alternative to gauge the impact of journals more accurately. Consequently, using the variations of the h-index(hs-index, fs-index) or the sum of issue level(issue based h-index, issue based f-index), we argue that it would improve the discrimination capacity of the Hirsch-type indices significantly and that we can measure the impact of domestic journals more clearly. 최근까지 학술지의 영향력을 측정하기 위하여 Thomson Reuters(ISI)의 영향력지수(JIF: Journal Impact Factor)가 널리 사용되어왔다. 그러나, 이러한 JIF는 학술지 단위가 아니라 수록 논문의 평균 영향력을 측정하는 지표라는 근본적인 한계를 가지고 있으며, 이외에도 다양한 측면에서 많은 문제점들이 지적되었다. 특히 국내 인용색인은 국제적인 인용색인 데이터베이스에 비해서 인용 데이터의 규모가 상당히 제한적이므로, 이를 고려하여 국내 학술지 인용 환경에 적합한 지수의 적용이 필요하다. 따라서 이 연구는 최근 급속히 확산되고 있는 Hirsch 유형 지수(h-type indices)를 적용하여 국내 학술지의 영향력을 보다 더 상세하게 측정할 수 있는 실제적인 방안을 모색하였다. 결과적으로, h-지수의 변형지수(hs-지수, fs-지수)를 사용하거나 호 단위 합산(호 기반 h-지수, 호 기반 f-지수) 방법을 통하여, 기존 Hirsch 유형 지수들의 변별력을 향상시킬 수 있음은 물론 국내 학술지의 영향력을 더욱 정밀하게 측정할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

Pattern of reference types and impact factors of journals in the Korea Citation Index according to academic discipline

김소형 한국과학학술지편집인협의회 2015 Science Editing Vol.2 No.1

The Korea Citation Index (KCI) is a citation database for scholarly journals from Korea, the number of journals of which is 2,168 in January, 2015. This article aims to analyze the pattern of reference types and impact factors of journals in the KCI according to academic discipline. Journals of the KCI were classified according to academic discipline: humanities, arts and sports, social science, science, and multi-disciplinary science. Science journals were sub-classified as natural science, engineering, agriculture & fisheries, and medical health. The pattern of reference types was classified as journal article, book, report/thesis/internet, and others. Changing patterns of the two-year impact factor were described according to the publication year of journals in each discipline. The reference type of each discipline in 2010 showed different patterns. In humanities, the portion of books out of cited literatures was 51.1%, while the portion of books in natural science, engineering, medical health, and agriculture & fisheries fields were 11.0%, 10.0%, 7.0%, and 11.0%, respectively. In social science, the portion of journal articles was 53.1% and books 27.3%. In medical health, the portion of journal article was 87.6%. Journals’ average impact factors in 2011 were 0.9 for social science, 0.8 for arts and sports, 0.55 for interdisciplinary, 0.5 for agriculture and fisheries and humanities, 0.45 for natural science, 0.32 for engineering, and 0.3 for medical health. Researchers in humanities in Korea use books as a primary source of references, while those in other disciplines use journals as a major source of references. Higher impact factors in social science journals and lower ones in science journals mean that social scientists in Korea deal with mainly domestic topics, while scientist deal with global topics.

What is the position of Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine in its scholarly journal network based on journal metrics?

Huh, Sun The Korean Society for Reproductive Medicine 2014 Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine Vol.41 No.4

Objective: Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine (CERM) converted its language to English only beginning with the first issue of 2011. From that point in time, one of the goals of the journal has been to become a truly international journal. This paper aims to identify the position of CERM in its scholarly journal network based on the journal's metrics. Methods: The journal's metrics, including citations, countries of author affiliation, and countries of citing authors, Hirsch index, and proportion of funded articles, were gathered from Web of Science and analyzed. Results: The two-year impact factor of 2013 was calculated at 0.971 excluding self-citation, which corresponds to a Journal Citation Reports ranking of 85.9% in the category of obstetrics and gynecology. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, the total citations were 17, 68, and 85, respectively. Authors from nine countries contributed to CERM. Researchers from 25 countries cited CERM in their articles. The Hirsch index was six. Out of 88 original articles, 35 studies received funds (39.8%). Conclusion: Based on the journal metrics, changing the journal language to English was found to be successful in promoting CERM to international journal status.