PrestigeRank: A new evaluation method for papers and journals

Cheng Su, YunTao Pan, YanNing Zhen, Zheng Ma (), JunPeng Yuan, Hong Guo, ZhengLu Yu, CaiFeng Ma and YiShan Wu

Journal of Informetrics, 2011, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: This paper studies how missing data in the PageRank algorithm influences the result of papers ranking and proposes PrestigeRank algorithm on that basis. We make use of PrestigeRank to give the ranking of all papers in physics in the Chinese Scientific and Technology Papers and Citation Database (CSTPCD) published between 2004 and 2006. We compared PrestigeRank result with PageRank and citation ranking. We found PrestigeRank is significantly correlated with PageRank and citation counts. We also used paper citation networks to rank journals, and compared the result with that of journal citation networks. We proposed PRsum, PRave, and compared both of them with citation counts and impact factor. It indicates PRsum, PRave can reflect journal's authority favorably. We also discuss the advantages and disadvantages, application scope and application prospects of PrestigeRank in the evaluation of papers and journals.

Keywords: PrestigeRank; Citation analysis; Paper evaluation; Journal evaluation; PageRank; Authority factor; Impact factor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.03.011

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