PLOS誌の表紙の影響と注目に関する研究:傾向スコアマッチングによる証拠
Xiaoqing Chen1, Li Liu1, Weichao Li1
1Library, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
PloS one
|August 27, 2025
まとめ
PLOS誌の表紙に掲載された論文は,より多く引用され,注目を集めます. この研究では,学術的および社会的注目に対する表紙の特徴の影響を分析するために,傾向スコアマッチング (PSM) を使用し,ポジティブな,しかし弱い関連性を見つけました.
科学分野:
- 図書館情報
- 学術的なコミュニケーション
- オープン アクセス 出版
背景:
- オープンアクセスのジャーナルの表紙の効果に関する研究は限られている.
- カバーペーパー効果を調査することは,学術的な可視性と影響を理解するために不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- PLOSジャーナルの記事の学術的影響と注目に表紙の位置が与える影響を評価する.
- 対象と非対象の論文を厳格に比較するために,傾向スコアマッチング (PSM) を利用する.
主な方法:
- 5つのPLOSジャーナル (2008年−2017年) の表紙と非表紙の論文を選択した.
- 引用数,アルトメトリック注意点 (AAS) とメンデリー読者数を収集した.
- データセット作成と統計分析のために 1:2 の傾向スコアマッチング (PSM) を採用した (ウィルコクソンサインランクテスト,回帰).
主要な成果:
- カバー論文は,PSM後の非カバー論文と比較して,かなり高い引用率,より多くのメンデリー読者,および高いAASを示しました.
- 多変量回帰では,引用は0. 145,読者数は0. 174,AASは0. 691 (P < 0. 05) と正の関連が確認されました.
結論:
- カバーの特徴は学術的な影響と 公共の知名度,特に社会的な注目度が増加することと ポジティブに関連しています.
- カバーの配置と記事の影響の間の観察された関係は,統計的に有意であるが,弱いことが判明した.
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