Are elite journals declining?
Are elite journals declining?
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精英期刊正在衰落吗？
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2013
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Y. Gingras
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作者：
V. Larivière;G. Lozano;Y. Gingras
过去的研究表明，在过去的20年里，最高质量的作品发表在越来越多样化和更大的期刊上。在这篇文章中，我们将探讨这种多样化是否也影响了传统上被认为是最好的少数精英期刊。我们研究了过去40年中7种长期存在的传统精英期刊和6种在过去20年中重要性不断增加的期刊的引文模式。要想成为被引用次数最多的5%或1%的论文，现在的论文需要的引用次数是40年前的两倍。自20世纪80年代末和90年代初以来，精英期刊发表的这些高被引论文的比例一直在下降。这也适用于通常被认为是顶级场所并经常被用作“卓越”的文献计量指标的两种期刊：科学和自然。另一方面，一些新的和成熟的期刊发表的被引用最多的论文比例越来越大。这些变化给各方带来了新的挑战和机遇。日记帐可以制定策略来增加或保持它们在日记帐层次结构中的相对位置。研究人员现在可以选择在更多样化的场所发表，因为他们知道他们的工作仍然可以达到相同的受众。最后，评估者和管理者需要知道，尽管在“精英”期刊上发表文章总是会有一定的声望，但期刊的等级制度是不断变化的。
Previous research indicates that during the past 20 years, the highest‐quality work has been published in an increasingly diverse and larger group of journals. In this article, we examine whether this diversification has also affected the handful of elite journals that are traditionally considered to be the best. We examine citation patterns during the past 40 years of seven long‐standing traditionally elite journals and six journals that have been increasing in importance during the past 20 years. To be among the top 5% or 1% cited papers, papers now need about twice as many citations as they did 40 years ago. Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, elite journals have been publishing a decreasing proportion of these top‐cited papers. This also applies to the two journals that are typically considered as the top venues and often used as bibliometric indicators of “excellence”: Science and Nature. On the other hand, several new and established journals are publishing an increasing proportion of the most‐cited papers. These changes bring new challenges and opportunities for all parties. Journals can enact policies to increase or maintain their relative position in the journal hierarchy. Researchers now have the option to publish in more diverse venues knowing that their work can still reach the same audiences. Finally, evaluators and administrators need to know that although there will always be a certain prestige associated with publishing in “elite” journals, journal hierarchies are in constant flux.