Structural Limits to the De-Westernization of the Communication Field: The Editorial Board in Clarivate's JCR System
Structural Limits to the De-Westernization of the Communication Field: The Editorial Board in Clarivate's JCR System
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DOI：
10.1093/ccc/tcaa015
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
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1.7
通讯作者：
Firmo de Albuquerque, Sofia Oliveira
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作者：
de Albuquerque, Afonso;de Oliveira, Thaiane Moreira;Firmo de Albuquerque, Sofia Oliveira
自2000年代以来，国际传播研究去西方化的呼声一直很普遍，但其实际效果非常有限，因为非西方国家的份额仍然很小。本文通过对《Clarivate期刊引文报告》（Journal of Citation Reports）收录期刊的分析，探讨了结构性因素阻碍国际传媒研究多样性的假设。数据显示，美国-特别是美国大学的一个特定群体-对非西方国家不利。本文讨论了这些研究结果的学术资本主义和全球排名逻辑的出现，这是基于“普遍”定义从美国（其次是英语）的观点。JCR系统在这一模式中发挥着重要作用，因为它人为地在国际出版系统中引入了稀缺性，因此将象征性权力集中在少数人手中。
Since the 2000s, calls for de-Westernizing the international communication research have been common, but their practical result has been very modest, as the share of non-western countries remained minimal. This article explores the hypothesis that structural factors hamper the diversity in international media research, based on the analysis of the membership of journals listed in Clarivate's Journal of Citation Reports. The data demonstrate a strong unbalance in favor of the US - and a particular group of US universities in special - to the detriment of the non-Western countries. The article discusses these findings in reference to the emergence of academic capitalism and the global rankings logic, which is based on "universal" defined from a US (and secondarily Anglophonic) viewpoint. The JCR system plays an important role in this schema, as it artificially introduces scarcity in the international publishing system and, therefore, concentrates symbolic power in the hands of a few.