Scholarly journal evaluation based on panel data analysis

Liping Yu, Xiaoming Shen, Yuntao Pan and Yishan Wu

Journal of Informetrics, 2009, vol. 3, issue 4, 312-320

Abstract: This paper proposes a new method for indicator selection in panel data analysis and tests the method with relevant data on agricultural journals provided by the Institute of Scientific & Technical Information of China. An evaluation exercise by the TOPSIS method is conducted as a comparison. The result shows that panel data analysis is an effective method for indicator selection in scholarly journal evaluation; journals of different disciplines should not be evaluated with the same criteria; it is beneficial to publish all the evaluation indicators; unavailability of a few indicators has a limited influence on evaluation results; simplifying indicators can reduce costs and increase efficiency as well as accuracy of journal evaluation.

Keywords: Scholarly journal; MAE (Multiple Attribute Evaluation); Indicator selection; TOPSIS; Panel data analysis; Heuristic methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.04.003

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