The cruelty of data about scientific publication performance: An assessment of the visibility of Hungarian social science by analyzing Hungary's main repository

IF 0.4 Q4 SOCIOLOGY

Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2019-12-20 DOI:10.14267/cjssp.2019.2.7

P. Sasvári, András Nemeslaki

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Abstract

The evaluation of scientific publication performance has become one of the most important and, at the same time, one of the most debated issues in international academic circles. This problem is attenuated by the digital transformation of science; online repositories, indexing systems and online visibility have become key enablers of evidence-based assessments of publication performance. In our paper we examine the scientific publication performance of 2131 members of the public body of the IX. Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences As its members represent the diversity of Hungarian social sciences very well, it was possible to make a broader generalization about their achievements regarding their publication performance. We found that one third of this sample has an internationally visible presence in the Repository of Hungarian Scientific Artefact (RHSA) database, which is the central repository that provides data for scientific promotion and assessment. By running a two-step cluster analysis, we could identify five typical clusters of scientists based on their publications – each of them focusing on a different outlet such as books, domestic journals, international journals, or a balanced publication strategy that focuses on all the former types. In contrast to previous findings concerning technology acceptance, we found that the younger generation of Ph.Ds often adopt to the use of RHSA less than more senior individuals that have higher academic positions.

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关于科学出版表现的残酷数据:通过分析匈牙利的主要资源库对匈牙利社会科学可见性的评估

科学出版物绩效评估已成为国际学术界最重要的问题之一，同时也是最具争议的问题之一。科学的数字化转型削弱了这一问题；在线存储库、索引系统和在线可见性已成为基于证据的出版物绩效评估的关键推动者。在我们的论文中，我们考察了匈牙利科学院第九学部公共机构2131名成员的科学出版业绩。由于其成员很好地代表了匈牙利社会科学的多样性，因此可以对他们的出版业绩成就进行更广泛的概括。我们发现，三分之一的样本在匈牙利科学文献库（RHSA）数据库中具有国际知名度，该数据库是为科学推广和评估提供数据的中央数据库。通过两步聚类分析，我们可以根据他们的出版物确定五个典型的科学家集群——每个集群都专注于不同的渠道，如书籍、国内期刊、国际期刊，或者专注于所有前一类的平衡出版策略。与之前关于技术接受的研究结果相反，我们发现年轻一代的博士通常比拥有更高学术职位的更资深的人更不习惯使用RHSA。

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Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy SOCIOLOGY-

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0.50

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24 weeks

期刊介绍： CJSSP is an edited and peer-reviewed journal, published in yearly volumes of two issues. It publishes original academic articles, research notes, and reviews from sociology, social policy and related fields in English. It invites contributions from the international community of social researchers. The journal covers a widerange of relevant social issues. It is open to new questions, unusual perspectives, explorations and explanations of social and economic behavior, local society, or supranational challenges. Strong preference is given to problem-oriented, theoretically grounded empirical researches, comparative findings, logical arguments and careful methodological solutions. CJSSP aims to respect publication ethics, thus has adopted current best practices to counter plagiarism. The submitted articles are analyzed during the review process, and papers subject to plagiarism are rejected. Also the authors are to comply with the referencing guidelines outlined in the relevant section. The journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. With similar objectives we do not charge authors for the publication of their articles. Articles submission and processing is free of charge as well. Users can use and build upon the material published in the journal for non-commercial purposes.