A Study on Academic Journal Evaluation Based on the Relationship Between Indicator Coordination and Development Speed
Coordination and speed are two key elements of journal development.Studying the relationship between the coordinated de-velopment of journal indicators and their development speed can provide valuable insights for the high-quality and rapid development of academic journals in China's new era.This study uses mathematics journals indexed in JCR(2019-2020)as the data source and se-lects 10 indicators,including the impact factor.The coordinated development of journal indicators is measured using the coefficient of variation method,while the development speed is assessed using the entropy weight and TOPSIS method.Journals are then grouped based on different levels of coordination and speed,and a four-quadrant model is established to analyze the characteristics of journals with varying levels of coordination and speed.The findings reveal a nonlinear relationship between the coordination and speed among journals.The development speed levels differ greatly from impact factor rankings,with extreme internal differences.Journals with low coordination level and high speed level have a shorter citation half-life compared to those with high coordination level and low speed level.Most high-impact factor journals are positioned at a low level of coordinated development.Journals with low coordination level and high speed level also exhibit lower levels in characteristic factor-type indicators compared to those with high coordination level and low speed level.Most bibliometric indicators among the four types of journals do not show significant differences.The article studies journals from the perspectives of indicator coordination and development speed,providing insights for journal classification evaluation and multi-dimensional evaluation,and enriching the theoretical methods of bibliometrics.
万方数据
维普
