Su, C; Pan, YT; Zhen, YN; Ma, Z; Yuan, JP; Guo, H; Yu, ZL; Ma, CF; Wu, YS. 2011. PrestigeRank: A new evaluation method for papers and journals. JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 5 (1): 1-13

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Su, C; Pan, YT; Zhen, YN; Ma, Z; Yuan, JP; Guo, H; Yu, ZL; Ma, CF; Wu, YS. 
2011. PrestigeRank: A new evaluation method for papers and journals. JOURNAL 
OF INFORMETRICS 5 (1): 1-13.

Author Full Name(s): Su Cheng; Pan YunTao; Zhen YanNing; Ma Zheng; Yuan 
JunPeng; Guo Hong; Yu ZhengLu; Ma CaiFeng; Wu YiShan
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: PrestigeRank; Citation analysis; Paper evaluation; Journal 
evaluation; PageRank; Authority factor; Impact factor
KeyWords Plus: PAGERANK ALGORITHM; ANATOMY

Abstract: This paper studies how missing data in the PageRank algorithm 
influences the result of papers ranking and proposes PrestigeRank algorithm on 
that basis. We make use of PrestigeRank to give the ranking of all papers in 
physics in the Chinese Scientific and Technology Papers and Citation Database 
(CSTPCD) published between 2004 and 2006. We compared PrestigeRank result 
with PageRank and citation ranking. We found PrestigeRank is significantly 
correlated with PageRank and citation counts. We also used paper citation 
networks to rank journals, and compared the result with that of journal citation 
networks. We proposed PRsum, PRave, and compared both of them with 
citation counts and impact factor. It indicates PRsum, PRave can reflect 
journal's authority favorably. We also discuss the advantages and 
disadvantages, application scope and application prospects of PrestigeRank in 
the evaluation of papers and journals. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Addresses: [Su Cheng; Pan YunTao; Zhen YanNing; Ma Zheng; Yuan JunPeng; 
Guo Hong; Yu ZhengLu; Ma CaiFeng; Wu YiShan] Inst Sci & Tech Informat 
China, Res Ctr Informat Sci Methodol, Beijing 100038, Peoples R China
Reprint Address: Su, C, Inst Sci & Tech Informat China, Res Ctr Informat Sci 
Methodol, 15 Fuxing Rd, Beijing 100038, Peoples R China.

E-mail Address: sucheng at istic.ac.cn
ISSN: 1751-1577
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.03.011
fulltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2010.03.011