Analyzing journal category assignment using a paper-level classification system: multidisciplinary sciences journals

IF 3.5 3区管理学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS

Scientometrics Pub Date : 2024-01-13 DOI:10.1007/s11192-023-04913-0

Jiandong Zhang, Zhesi Shen

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Accurate identification and classification of “multidisciplinary” journals is crucial in scientometrics for revealing scientific structure and evaluating journals. Using Web of Science data from 2016 to 2020, we calculated disciplinary diversity of 12,225 journals based on paper-level subject classifications. We conducted a systematic analysis comparing Journal Citation Reports (JCR) multidisciplinary journals versus non-multidisciplinary journals. Results showed most JCR multidisciplinary journals have high disciplinary diversity, while non-multidisciplinary journals tend to have lower diversity. Some multidisciplinary journals with low diversity may be misclassified. We also found inconsistencies in journal disciplinary diversity at three granularity levels of the classification system. Visual analysis identified four distribution types of multidisciplinary journal diversity. Furthermore, ten potential multidisciplinary journals were identified in non-multidisciplinary JCR categories. Analysis of these journals showed two distinct publishing behaviors—some continuously publish across multiple fields, while others constantly change focus between fields.

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利用论文级分类系统分析期刊类别分配：多学科科学期刊

在科学计量学中，准确识别和分类 "多学科 "期刊对于揭示科学结构和评估期刊至关重要。利用 2016 年至 2020 年的 Web of Science 数据，我们基于论文级别的学科分类计算了 12,225 种期刊的学科多样性。我们对《期刊引证报告》（JCR）多学科期刊与非多学科期刊进行了系统分析比较。结果显示，大多数 JCR 多学科期刊的学科多样性较高，而非多学科期刊的多样性往往较低。一些多样性较低的多学科期刊可能被错误分类。我们还发现，在分类系统的三个粒度级别上，期刊的学科多样性也不一致。直观分析确定了多学科期刊多样性的四种分布类型。此外，我们还在非多学科 JCR 类别中发现了十种潜在的多学科期刊。对这些期刊的分析表明了两种截然不同的出版行为--一些期刊持续出版跨领域的刊物，而另一些期刊则不断在不同领域之间转换重点。

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Scientometrics 管理科学-计算机：跨学科应用

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

17.90%

发文量

351

审稿时长

1.5 months

期刊介绍： Scientometrics aims at publishing original studies, short communications, preliminary reports, review papers, letters to the editor and book reviews on scientometrics. The topics covered are results of research concerned with the quantitative features and characteristics of science. Emphasis is placed on investigations in which the development and mechanism of science are studied by means of (statistical) mathematical methods. The Journal also provides the reader with important up-to-date information about international meetings and events in scientometrics and related fields. Appropriate bibliographic compilations are published as a separate section. Due to its fully interdisciplinary character, Scientometrics is indispensable to research workers and research administrators throughout the world. It provides valuable assistance to librarians and documentalists in central scientific agencies, ministries, research institutes and laboratories. Scientometrics includes the Journal of Research Communication Studies. Consequently its aims and scope cover that of the latter, namely, to bring the results of research investigations together in one place, in such a form that they will be of use not only to the investigators themselves but also to the entrepreneurs and research workers who form the object of these studies.