Exploring the relationship between academic novelty,attention,and impact:A case study of leading and key journals in the Excellence Action Plan for China's STM Journals
[Purposes]This study aims to quantify the novelty value of papers from the perspective of combinatorial novelty and to explore the relationship between academic novelty,attention,and impact in scientific journals.This provides data support for understanding the role of novelty in academic dissemination.[Methods]Using 19278 papers published in leading and key journals under the Excellence Action Plan for China's STM Journals from 2018 to 2020 as the sample,we conducted a negative binomial regression analysis to examine the correlation between academic novelty and both attention and impact.[Findings]The findings reveal a positive correlation between academic novelty and both attention and impact(P<0.05 in both cases),and this result is robust.[Conclusions]Academic novelty in papers is not only an effective means to increase attention but also a key factor in enhancing their impact.Recommendations include assessing global research trends to plan interdisciplinary special issues,enhancing editorial academic sensitivity to accurately identify innovative papers,and forming interdisciplinary review teams to ensure precise paper evaluations.
Academic noveltyAcademic attentionAcademic impactExcellence Action Plan for China's STM Journals
NETL
NSTL
万方数据
