초록

Cited-by Linking 서비스는 CrossRef에서 제공하는 주요 서비스 중 하나로 해당 논문이 DOI를 통하여 얼마나 인용되었는지 누적하여 집계된 데이터이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 KISTI의 학술정보통합관리시스템에서 월단위로 구축․관리하는 Cited-by Linking 데이터를 분석하여 자연과학과 공학 분야의 인용 패턴을 규명하고자 하였다. 이를 위해서 전체 기탁된 21만 건 중 자연과학과 공학 분야 총 170,999건(315종)을 분석 대상으로 하고, 2016년 3월까지 누적된 Cited-by Linking 데이터를 수집하였다. 연구의 분석 결과, 첫째, 글로벌하게 인용될 가능성에서 사용 언어는 영향을 미치고 있으며, 둘째, SCIE 및 SCOPUS 등재 여부 역시 인용가능성에 상당 부분 기여하고 있음을 확인하였다. 셋째, 자연과학 분야는 거의 동일한 주제 분야에서 인용을 받고 있으며, 상대적으로 공학 분야는 타주제 분야에서 더 인용 받고 있음을 파악하였다. 이러한 연구의 결과는 자연과학과 공학 분야의 세부주제 분야별 인용 행태를 규명하고, 향후, 인용 행태에 관한 연구에서 유용하게 활용될 것으로 기대한다.

Abstract

Cited-by Linking Service is one of the CrossRef’s information services that allows you to discover how your publications are being cited and to incorporate that information into your online publication platform. This study tries to investigate citation patterns in the field of both Natural Science and Engineering using all of DOI assigned articles and Cited-by Linking data which are accumulated and managed by KISTI. The investigating approach is designed to verify the theory of 1) cognitive accessibility, 2) ‘perceived quality and significance’ and 3) ‘subject relativity’. For cognitive accessibility verification the fulltext language portion of Korean and English between “Cited DOI Source Data” and “NOT Cited DOI Source Data” was compared. For perceived quality and significance verification the availability of the “Cited DOI Source Data” and “NOT Cited DOI Source Data” from SCIE and SCOPUS was employed. For subject relativity DOI data were classified and analysed on the basis of OECD subject classification scheme. Findings are that global citability is closely related to the fulltext language of the articles and their quality and significance. And in the natural science field most of citations are from the same subject categories, while relatively more citations are from other subject categories in the engineering field.

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Abstract

Although it has been a long subject of study why researchers prefer some cited documents to others, the existing relative researches have had a variety of perspectives on the nature and complexity of the citation behavior and not provided a complete answer to this question. In particular, Korea researchers mainly used statistical analysis of bibliographic information, which has limitations in revealing dynamic and complex cognitive aspects of the citation process. In this study, I investigate the citer perception of citing motives and bibliographic factors through survey and compared the responses according to the researchers’ characteristics. After extracting the 22 motivations and 21 factors through the literature analysis and configuring a 5-point Likert scale questions, I conducted a survey in the wat of an e-mail attachment. From the SPSS 22.0, the frequency analysis, t-test, and one-way ANOVA were performed on the 354 valid samples. As a result, it is found that supporting is considered the most important citing motive and social connection, self-citation have little influence. In the case of bibliographic factors, the journal’s reputation was recognized the most influential factor and the number of pages and authors was the least. Significant differences in fields of study and research careers were showed in some parts. These results can substantiate earlier studies, determine whether the factors assumed influential in selecting references were intended, and suggest the search point to the specialty library or academic database.