초록

본 연구에서는 ‘학술지의 피인용횟수 순위’를 적용한 tapered h-지수의 변형지표 Kor-hT를 고안하여 제안하였다. Kor-hT의 의미를 평가하기 위하여 Kor-hT 지수 값의 중복률 및 지수 값과 평가요소 사이의 연관성 변화를 다른 학술지 평가지표인 h-지수, tapered h-지수 및 IF와 비교 분석하였다. 지수 값의 중복률 분석은 지표의 변별력을 살펴보기 위한 것이며, 지수 값과 평가요소와의 상관관계 분석은 지표의 평가요소인 피인용횟수 및 논문 수가 지수 값에 각각 어떻게 반영되는지를 알아보기 위한 것이다. 분석을 위해 2008년부터 2010년까지의 한국학술지인용색인(KCI) 3개년 데이터를 사용하였다. 분석 결과 본 연구에서 제안한 Kor-hT가 비교 대상 지표에 비해 지수 값의 중복률이 가장 낮아 높은 변별력을 보였으며, 지수 값과 평가요소와의 상관관계에 있어서도 피인용횟수와 논문 수 모두에서 상관관계가 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다.

Abstract

This study describes the meaning of and the formula for Kor-hT, which is a modified index built on the tapered h-index by applying ‘the ranking according to the number of citations of journals’. This study evaluated the de-duplication rate of index values of Kor-hT and analyzed the change in the correlation between the index values and evaluation elements using the Korea Citation Index data from 2008 to 2010. Kor-hT is compared with h-index, tapered h-index, and IF. As a result, Kor-hT appeared to be superior to other indexes on de-duplication rate. It is also shown that there is a very strong positive correlation between the evaluation elements, the number of citations and the number of articles of journals, and the index values of Kor-hT.

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Abstract

Since information scientists have begun trying to quantify significant research trends in scientific publications, ‘-metrics’ research such as ‘bibliometrics’, ‘scientometrics’, ‘informetrics’, ‘webometrics’, and ‘citation analysis’ have been identified as crucial areas of information science. To illustrate the dynamic research activities in these areas, this study investigated the major contributors of ‘-metrics’ research for the last decade at three levels: nations, institutions, and documents. ‘-metrics’ literature of this study was obtained from the Science Citation Index for the years 2001-2011. In this analysis, we used Pathfinder network, PNNC algorithm, PageRank and several indicators based on h-index. In terms of international collaborations, USA and England were identified as major countries. At the institutional level, Katholieke University, Leuven and the University of Amsterdam in Europe and Indiana University and the Office of Naval Research in the USA have led co-research projects in informetrics areas. At the document level, Hirsch’s h-index paper and Ingwersen’s web impact factor paper were identified as the most influential work by two methods: PageRank and single paper h-index.