Luoma, E; Pawlowski, JM; Ahlgren, R. IEEE. 2010. Creating Individual Journal Rankings based on a Community Approach. 43RD HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS SCIENCES VOLS 1-5 (HICSS 2010): 719-728

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Luoma, E; Pawlowski, JM; Ahlgren, R. IEEE. 2010. Creating Individual Journal 
Rankings based on a Community Approach. 43RD HAWAII INTERNATIONAL 
CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS SCIENCES VOLS 1-5 (HICSS 2010): 719-728. 
presented at 43rd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences 
(HICSS 2010) in Honolulu, HI, JAN 05-08, 2010.

Author Full Name(s): Luoma, Eetu; Pawlowski, Jan M.; Ahlgren, Riikka
Book series title: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on 
System Sciences
Language: English

Document Type: Proceedings Paper
KeyWords Plus: CITATION ANALYSIS; QUALITY; IMPACT; PERCEPTIONS; 
NETWORKS

Abstract: Selecting appropriate publication outlets is crucial to any researcher. 
Journal rankings can be used to guide the selection. but their usefulness may 
be limited for particular audiences. In this paper, It is argued that especially 
young researchers and researchers in interdisciplinary fields can benefit from 
targeting research efforts to a specific community. This can be facilitated by 
an individually built journal ranking that exploits a community building 
perspective and by a more transparent process of use The approach introduced 
here is based on an analysis of both traditional journal rankings and behavior of 
academic communities As a result, we present a procedure for building and 
using an individual journal ranking, Its tentative composition and the ranking 
calculation In addition, we suggest measures for evaluating the ranking use. 
The results presented in this paper are focused on but not limited to young 
researchers and emerging disciplines.

Addresses: [Luoma, Eetu; Pawlowski, Jan M.; Ahlgren, Riikka] Univ Jyvaskyla, 
SF-40351 Jyvaskyla, Finland

Reprint Address: Luoma, E, Univ Jyvaskyla, SF-40351 Jyvaskyla, Finland.

ISSN: 1060-3425
ISBN: 978-1-4244-5509-6
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2010.125 
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5428692