Review Policy Moderates the Correlation Between CiteScore and JIF For BMC Journals

IF 1.2 4区管理学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Scholarly Publishing Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.3138/jsp-2022-0023

H. Okagbue, N. J. Igwe, Mercy T. Kayode-Adeyemi, Oluranti Ionathan, Sanjay Misra

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Abstract

Abstract:This article examines the relationship between four review policies (RP) run by different BioMed Central (BMC) journals, namely single-blind peer review (SBPR), double-blind peer review (DBPR), open peer review (OPR), and transparent peer review (TPR), and CiteScore and Journal impact factor (JIF). As of December 12, 2021, BMC publishes 306 journals, of which 14 were discontinued. The final data set was 213 journals with data on CiteScore and JIF. Descriptive statistics and the use of violin and mosaic plots were used. Normality tests were conducted and non-parametric correlation and analysis of variance and Mann Whitney tests were used. Moderation analysis was used to assess the extent of the relationship between CiteScore and JIF. 14 (4.8%) are run with DBPR, and 22 (7.5%), 211 (72.3%) and 45 (15.4%) are run with OPR, SBPR and TPR respectively. Analysis of the final dataset shows that the mean, median, and standard deviation of the CiteScore of the 213 journals are 5.64, 4.80, and 3.65, respectively, while the mean, median, and standard deviation of the JIF of the 213 journals are 4.27, 3.36 and 2.90. In descending order, the CiteScore and JIF across the four RP are highest in DBPR, SBPR, OPR, and TPR. There is a strong positive correlation (Spearman rho = 0.87318, p-value < 8.7e-68) between the CiteScore and JIF of the 213 BMC journals. Mann Whitney test (U = 14771.5, Wilcoxon W = 37562.5, Z = −6.228, p-value < 0.000) shows that there is an evidence of significance median differences between the CiteScore and JIF of the 213 journals. There are significant median differences in the CiteScore in JIF across the four review policies. Finally, the RP moderates the relationship between CiteScore and JIF and between JIF and Cite-Score, respectively. This article reveals that the review policies adopted by BMC journals are somewhat related to the journal metrics that measure the impact, prestige, relevance, and acceptability of the respective journals.

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审稿策略调节BMC期刊CiteScore与JIF的相关性

摘要:本文研究了不同BMC期刊的单盲同行评议(SBPR)、双盲同行评议(DBPR)、开放同行评议(OPR)和透明同行评议(TPR)四种评议策略与CiteScore和期刊影响因子(JIF)之间的关系。截至2021年12月12日，BMC出版306种期刊，其中14种已停刊。最终的数据集是213种期刊，数据来自CiteScore和JIF。使用了描述性统计和小提琴和马赛克情节的使用。采用正态性检验、非参数相关、方差分析和Mann Whitney检验。适度分析用于评估CiteScore和JIF之间的关系程度。DBPR组14例(4.8%)，OPR组22例(7.5%)，SBPR组211例(72.3%)，TPR组45例(15.4%)。对最终数据集的分析表明，213种期刊的CiteScore的均值、中位数和标准差分别为5.64、4.80和3.65，而JIF的均值、中位数和标准差分别为4.27、3.36和2.90。从降序来看，四个RP的CiteScore和JIF在DBPR、SBPR、OPR和TPR中最高。213种BMC期刊的CiteScore与JIF存在较强的正相关(Spearman rho = 0.87318, p值< 8.7e-68)。Mann Whitney检验(U = 14771.5, Wilcoxon W = 37562.5, Z = - 6.228, p值< 0.000)表明，213种期刊的CiteScore与JIF中位数存在显著性差异。在四种审查策略中，JIF的CiteScore中值存在显著差异。最后，RP分别调节了CiteScore与JIF、JIF与Cite-Score之间的关系。这篇文章揭示了BMC期刊所采用的审评政策在一定程度上与衡量各自期刊的影响力、声望、相关性和可接受性的期刊指标有关。

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Journal of Scholarly Publishing Multiple-

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2.50

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15.40%

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