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Producing Top LIS Journal Paper List Based on the Yearly Citation Growth Rate

연간 인용 횟수 증가율에 기반한 문헌정보학 학술지 논문 목록의 순위화에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2018.02.20
  • Accepted : 2018.06.18
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

This study proposes a novel method to rank highly-cited papers that incorporate the likelihood of receiving future citations. Instead of using the total citation count, the proposed method ranks most-papers based on the yearly citation growth rate (YCGR). The rank of YCGR can be obtained by calculating the average ranks of five individual citation related variables: 1) Total Citation Count, 2) Leftside-Slope, 3) Publication Year, 4) Peak Year, and 5) Rightside-Slope. To empirically test the proposed method, yearly citation counts with other relevant bibliographic records of the 50 most-cited papers in Library and Information Science (LIS) journals used in the study conducted by Walters and Wilder were collected from the Scopus database for the years 1996 to 2016. The result indicated that the YCGR appears to reflect the degree to which the paper is likely to receive future citations, and the ranked list based YCGR offered an alternative viewing feature of the highly-cited papers in LIS. Although more empirical analyses are needed, the rank based on YCGR in conjunction with variables related to YCGR can be used as an alternative method in recognizing influential papers in LIS.

본 연구는 기존의 인용횟수를 기반으로 순위매김을 하던 방식과 달리 연도별 인용횟수증가율 (YCGR) 을 기반으로 하는 특정 방법으로 순위매김을 하여 추후의 인용가능성까지 아우르는 새로운 순위매김 방법론을 제안한다. YCGR 기반 순위매김은 논문의 인용횟수만을 적용하지 않고 총 인용문, 왼쪽경사, 출판연도, 피크연도 및 오른쪽경사와 같은 5 가지 개별인용 관련 변수의 평균값을 계산하여 순위를 정한다. 이 연구를 수행하기 위해 Scopus 데이터베이스를 이용하여 1996년에서 2016년까지 Walters와 Wilder가 발표한 문헌정보학 저널을 기반으로 삼아 가장 많이 인용된 논문 50편을 수집하였다. 이 논문들을 앞서 언급한 YCGR 측정요건들에 맞게 설정한 기울기를 측정하여 순위 매김을 하였다. 결과적으로 YCGR 순위는 논문이 추후 인용 받을 가능성의 정도를 반영하는 것으로 보이며 또한 문헌정보학에서 많이 인용된 논문들의 특징과 추세를 살펴볼 수 있는 대안적 기능도 제공했다. 더 많은 경험적 분석이 필요하지만 YCGR에 기반한 순위는 다양한 연구영역의 최다 인용된 논문들 가운데서 주목할 만한 논문을 찾는 데에도 유용하게 쓰여질 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

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