掠夺性期刊:科学界对Beall's list的看法,影响和使用 - - 一个大数据图书统计学研究
Georg Richtig1,2,3,4, Marina Berger5, Max Koeller6
1Otto Loewi Research Center, Pharmacology Section, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
PloS one
|July 7, 2023
概括
用于识别掠夺性期刊的比尔列表对科学出版产生了过度估计的影响. 声誉良好的数据库显著影响期刊的可见性和引用,强调了他们对上市出版物的严格审查的必要性.
科学领域:
- 图书计量和科学出版
- 学术交流分析学术交流分析
- 掠夺性出版研究 掠夺性出版研究
背景情况:
- 比尔的名单是广泛认可的资源,用于识别潜在的掠夺性学术期刊.
- 科学界对此类清单的依赖,以评估期刊质量和影响,值得进行调查.
研究的目的:
- 评估贝尔列表对期刊认知和科学界行为的实际影响.
- 分析Beall名单上的期刊与主要数据库索引期刊相关的出版和引用趋势.
主要方法:
- 使用来自ISSN,PubMed,PubMed Central (PMC),Crossref,Scopus和Web of Science的数据进行了全面的文献计量分析.
- 使用Crossref引用数据库进行引用分析.
- 对Beall名单和开放获取期刊目录 (DOAJ) 上的期刊从2011年到2018年的出版趋势的审查.
主要成果:
- 贝尔列表中的期刊在科学网和PMC索引时,引用量增加.
- 在2017年之前,Beall的列表和DOAJ上的期刊的出版量增加了,随后在2018年Beall的列表期刊的出版量下降了.
- 由知名数据库索引的期刊更频繁地被引用和选择出版.
结论:
- 在科学界,人们对比尔的名单的重要性似乎被高估了.
- 在既有,信誉好的数据库中索引是期刊知名度和引用影响的更强的决定因素.
- 数据库提供商有责任确保他们索引的期刊的出版标准高.
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