Zhou DN, Ma H, Turban E "Journal quality assessment: An integrated subjective and objective approach" IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT 48 (4): 479-490 NOV 2001

[Eugene Garfield]

J. Ma : isjian at cityu.edu.hk


TITLE Journal quality assessment: An integrated subjective and objective
approach
AUTHOR Zhou DN, Ma H, Turban E
JOURNAL IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT 48 (4): 479-490 NOV 2001

 Document type: Article
 Language: English
Cited References: 32
Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
Many universities, research institutions, and government funding agencies
are continuously attempting to grade or rank journals for their academic
value. Such grading is needed both for funding and resource allocation
purposes and for personnel decisions. In grading journals, objective
information, such as the impact factors (the most commonly used journal
citation information provided by Journal Citation Reports) and/or subjective
information, such as experts' judgments about the journals, are used.
Grading of journals is typically done by a committee. Most of the existing
approaches only consider either the subjective or the objective information.

While such approaches work in many cases, they may not work in many others.
Complaints about politics, inconsistencies, and unfairness are common in
many situations. This paper presents a methodology that integrates both
types of information, providing a comprehensive method for assessing the
quality of journals. The method employs a fuzzy set approach that also deals
with the imprecise and missing information frequently inherited in the
evaluation process. The proposed evaluation model is implemented in a
Web-based system. A pilot evaluation study indicated that participants
clearly preferred the system and its major features.

Author Keywords:
evaluating academic journals, fuzzy set, group decision making, objective
evaluation, subjective evaluation

KeyWords Plus:
STUDENTS EVALUATION, CITATION ANALYSIS, FUZZY-SETS, MANAGEMENT

Addresses:
Zhou DN, Eastern Washington Univ, Dept Accounting & Informat Syst, Spokane,
WA 99202 USA
Eastern Washington Univ, Dept Accounting & Informat Syst, Spokane, WA 99202
USA
City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Informat Syst, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R
China

Publisher:
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, NEW YORK

IDS Number:
500TH

ISSN:
0018-9391

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