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Does Success Breed Success? A Study on the Correlation between Impact Factor and Quantity in Chinese Academic Journals

Kun Chen
Kun Chen
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Xiantong Ren
Xiantong Ren
, 
Guoliang Yang
Guoliang Yang
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Article Category: Research Paper
Data publikacji: 18 sie 2021
Zakres stron: 90 - 110
Otrzymano: 25 lis 2020
Przyjęty: 23 lip 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2021-0031
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Plot of all the Geosciences data from 2007 to 2017 before removing outliers. Solid line shows y = x.
Plot of all the Geosciences data from 2007 to 2017 before removing outliers. Solid line shows y = x.

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Plot of all the Geosciences data from 2007 to 2017 after removing outliers. The solid line shows y = x.
Plot of all the Geosciences data from 2007 to 2017 after removing outliers. The solid line shows y = x.

AIF differences before and after removing outliers.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Clinical Medicine −0.039 −0.038 −0.035 −0.027 −0.022 −0.013 −0.016 −0.008 −0.003 0.013 0.015
Materials Science 0.025 0.026 0.021 0.024 0.019 0.015 0.012 0.018 0.017 0.013 0.016
Agricultural Sciences −0.023 −0.018 −0.015 −0.013 −0.017 −0.014 −0.002 −0.009 0.000 −0.003 0.003
Engineering 0.008 0.008 0.007 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.011 0.015 0.020 0.022 0.027
Geosciences −0.030 −0.032 −0.038 −0.032 −0.061 −0.031 −0.025 −0.025 −0.008 −0.012 −0.016
Plant & Animal Science −0.014 −0.013 −0.013 −0.013 −0.024 −0.015 −0.015 −0.015 −0.005 −0.014 −0.014
Social Sciences, general −0.016 −0.016 −0.014 −0.009 −0.012 −0.008 −0.012 −0.016 −0.016 −0.023 −0.030
Economics & Business −0.043 −0.060 −0.069 −0.065 −0.075 −0.075 −0.065 −0.076 −0.099 −0.101 −0.158
Economics −0.074 −0.072 −0.074 −0.069 −0.075 −0.079 −0.083 −0.081 −0.099 −0.099 −0.152
Education & Educational Research −0.003 −0.003 −0.002 0.002 −0.003 −0.004 −0.004 −0.002 −0.013 −0.034 −0.019

List of SSCI disciplines and their corresponding Chinese journal disciplines.

SSCI disciplines Chinese journal disciplines
Economics Business Economics
National Economics, Management Economics, Quantitative Economics
Economics, general
Finance, Insurance
Ecological Agriculture Economics
Education & Educational Research Adult Education, Vocational and Technical Education
Higher Education
Comprehensive Education
Preschool Education, General Education

Average number of papers per journal from 2007 to 2017 before removing outliers.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Clinical Medicine 367.656 392.357 416.643 461.531 476.490 439.389 398.555 459.832 399.448 437.170 411.149
Materials Science 144.317 149.835 153.101 157.871 159.705 162.849 166.496 169.489 162.460 171.921 174.942
Agricultural Sciences 254.412 323.941 359.098 398.013 419.503 427.941 429.412 419.366 388.961 422.078 426.399
Engineering 190.512 210.762 216.921 223.752 228.185 225.115 231.318 232.724 232.576 244.702 239.006
Geosciences 135.534 138.368 143.851 150.816 152.948 151.885 158.362 161.626 159.747 162.460 151.529
Plant & Animal Science 162.230 183.061 190.612 202.194 212.182 212.885 212.370 222.018 201.388 216.079 206.388
Social Sciences, general 199.351 208.175 211.918 210.832 218.975 218.066 210.273 204.483 189.975 196.353 181.587
Economics & Business 285.358 290.512 291.080 295.049 297.451 283.938 285.086 268.222 269.148 276.148 275.198
Economics 283.548 285.183 281.913 285.889 280.413 270.881 271.762 257.817 241.000 241.222 242.008
Education & Educational Research 247.652 272.624 281.562 276.590 284.708 281.197 253.028 247.669 233.815 232.601 213.410

The of disciplines from 2007 to 2017 after removing outliers.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Clinical Medicine 0.040 0.032 0.029 0.029 0.010 0.020 0.023 0.036 0.038 0.045 0.044
Materials Science 0.065 0.041 0.046 0.038 0.043 0.042 0.009 0.041 0.055 0.053 0.068
Agricultural Sciences 0.034 0.054 0.066 0.083 0.065 0.079 0.083 0.078 0.089 0.098 0.109
Engineering 0.025 0.029 0.032 0.046 0.033 0.039 0.029 0.048 0.066 0.063 0.082
Geosciences 0.062 0.050 0.079 0.089 0.091 0.090 0.103 0.106 0.110 0.103 0.127
Plant & Animal Science 0.006 −0.004 −0.018 −0.014 −0.024 −0.017 0.017 0.025 0.059 0.033 0.065
Social Sciences, general 0.000 0.014 0.017 0.039 0.032 0.040 0.043 0.028 0.028 0.013 0.021
Economics & Business −0.080 −0.098 −0.093 −0.068 −0.071 −0.069 −0.079 −0.075 −0.056 −0.075 −0.046
Economics −0.030 −0.098 −0.097 −0.072 −0.070 −0.072 −0.086 −0.081 −0.063 −0.089 −0.064
Education & Educational Research 0.018 0.027 0.021 0.019 0.012 −0.013 0.013 0.006 −0.004 −0.025 −0.021

Average number of papers per journal from 2007 to 2017 after removing outliers.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Clinical Medicine 235.259 245.070 252.830 285.065 285.163 262.427 247.966 278.796 246.247 273.496 258.094
Materials Science 120.525 125.925 127.325 130.675 130.108 129.075 129.475 127.517 124.800 131.075 125.525
Agricultural Sciences 166.309 180.057 188.683 201.496 207.065 206.268 207.683 216.740 204.065 217.634 212.634
Engineering 150.943 158.423 161.470 165.301 168.070 167.677 170.829 170.702 164.181 171.956 163.218
Geosciences 97.507 101.433 102.580 105.293 108.920 106.993 109.860 112.033 113.820 114.753 110.987
Plant & Animal Science 140.697 151.179 156.952 159.924 161.697 160.179 155.510 156.917 146.186 152.931 146.248
Social Sciences, general 147.589 155.368 156.642 156.730 160.389 160.570 155.623 151.912 140.931 146.678 134.737
Economics & Business 189.574 198.713 196.868 196.853 194.897 191.794 188.544 180.846 165.515 170.507 156.338
Economics 195.150 202.364 199.411 196.776 195.019 192.449 190.664 181.140 162.916 167.579 152.523
Education & Educational Research 160.138 168.524 171.117 170.821 172.138 169.869 162.269 160.641 149.607 152.559 143.414

AIFs of journals from 2007 to 2017 after removing outliers.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Clinical Medicine 0.576 0.589 0.588 0.573 0.620 0.580 0.685 0.793 0.907 0.966 1.100
Materials Science 0.362 0.369 0.371 0.349 0.418 0.373 0.383 0.394 0.456 0.451 0.483
Agricultural Sciences 0.560 0.607 0.601 0.608 0.727 0.645 0.664 0.668 0.729 0.717 0.792
Engineering 0.309 0.350 0.351 0.347 0.429 0.388 0.420 0.455 0.526 0.535 0.578
Geosciences 0.833 0.937 0.907 0.863 1.060 0.777 0.828 0.878 0.981 1.008 1.068
Plant & Animal Science 0.468 0.501 0.508 0.515 0.618 0.522 0.546 0.545 0.599 0.598 0.658
Social Sciences, general 0.491 0.555 0.547 0.517 0.532 0.504 0.594 0.628 0.770 0.809 1.010
Economics & Business 0.841 0.877 0.889 0.877 0.924 0.968 1.044 1.056 1.240 1.271 1.759
Economics 0.792 0.838 0.859 0.835 0.860 0.917 0.991 0.978 1.152 1.155 1.640
Education & Educational Research 0.306 0.394 0.415 0.407 0.457 0.442 0.506 0.533 0.658 0.792 0.898

List of ESI disciplines and their corresponding Chinese journal disciplines.

ESI disciplines Chinese journal disciplines
Agricultural Sciences Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Science, general
Agronomy
Food Science and Technology
Soil Science
Economics & Business Business Economics
National Economics, Management Economics, Quantitative Economics
Economics, general
Ecological Agriculture Economics
Management
Finance, Insurance
Accounting, Auditing
Plant & Animal Science Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science
Entomology, Zoology
Forestry
Fisheries
Horticulture
Plant Protection
Botany
Prairie
Geosciences Atmospheric Science
Geography
Earth Science, general
Geophysics
Geology
Marine science, Hydrology
Mine Engineering and Technology
Geomatics
Materials Science Materials Science, general
Metallic Material
Metallurgical Engineering and Technology
Textile Science and Technology
Polymer Engineering
Engineering Building Science and Technology
Energy Science, general
Instrumentation Technology
Electrical Engineering
Electronic Technology
Engineering and technology science
Mechanical Engineering Design
Machinery Manufacturing Process and Equipment
Oil and Gas Engineering
Aerospace Science and Technology
Civil Engineering
Weaponry Science and Technology
Safety Science and Technology
Power Engineering
Applied Chemical Engineering
Road Transport
Transport Engineering
Water Conservancy Project
Waterway Transportation
Rail Transport
Communication Technology
Biological Engineering
Chemical Engineering, general
Fine Chemical Engineering
Social Sciences, general Social Science, general
Sociology, general
History
Departmental law, Criminal investigation, Forensic science
Law synthesis
Ethnology and Culturology
Religious Studies
Library Science, Philology
Information Science
Foreign Linguistics
Linguistic, general
Adult Education, Vocational and Technical Education
Higher Education
Comprehensive Education
Preschool Education, General Education
Archives, Museum Studies
International Politics, Diplomacy
Administration
Archaeology
Marxism
Demography, Labour Science
Foreign Literature
Journalism and Communication Studies
Art
Philosophy
Political Science, general
Chinese Literature
Military science
Clinical Medicine Health Medicine
Paediatrics
Otorhinolaryngology
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Nuclear Medicine, Medical Imaging
Respiratory Disease, Tuberculosis
Nursing
Basic Medicine
Military Medicine
Stomatology
Clinical Medicine, general
Clinical Diagnostics
Epidemiology, Environmental Medicine
Urology
Endocrinology and Metabolism, Rheumatology
Internal Medicine, general
Dermatology
General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Burn Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Sports Science
Surgery, general
Health Management, Health Education
Digestive Disease
Cardiology
Sex Medicine
Haematology, Nephrology
Ophthalmology
Medical, general
Eugenics, Family Planning
Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Acupuncture
Integrative Medicine
Chinese Medicine
Oncology
Biomedical Engineering

Number of journals before and after removing outliers.

Number of journals (before removing outliers) Number of journals (after removing outliers)
Clinical Medicine 524 418
Materials Science 139 120
Agricultural Sciences 153 123
Engineering 793 746
Geosciences 174 150
Plant & Animal Science 165 145
Social Sciences, general 487 419
Economics & Business 162 136
Economics 126 107
Education & Educational Research 178 145

AIFs of journals from 2007 to 2017 before removing outliers.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Clinical Medicine 0.537 0.551 0.553 0.546 0.598 0.567 0.669 0.785 0.904 0.979 1.115
Materials Science 0.387 0.395 0.392 0.373 0.437 0.388 0.395 0.412 0.473 0.464 0.499
Agricultural Sciences 0.537 0.589 0.586 0.595 0.710 0.631 0.662 0.659 0.729 0.714 0.795
Engineering 0.317 0.358 0.358 0.356 0.439 0.398 0.431 0.470 0.546 0.557 0.605
Geosciences 0.803 0.905 0.869 0.831 0.999 0.746 0.803 0.853 0.973 0.996 1.052
Plant & Animal Science 0.454 0.488 0.495 0.502 0.594 0.507 0.531 0.530 0.594 0.584 0.644
Social Sciences, general 0.475 0.539 0.533 0.508 0.520 0.496 0.582 0.612 0.754 0.786 0.980
Economics & Business 0.798 0.817 0.820 0.812 0.849 0.893 0.979 0.980 1.141 1.170 1.601
Economics 0.718 0.766 0.785 0.766 0.785 0.838 0.908 0.897 1.053 1.056 1.488
Education & Educational Research 0.303 0.391 0.413 0.409 0.454 0.438 0.502 0.531 0.645 0.758 0.879

The of disciplines from 2007 to 2017 before removing outliers.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Clinical Medicine −0.115 −0.121 −0.116 −0.074 −0.081 −0.012 −0.019 0.036 0.032 0.049 0.043
Materials Science 0.142 0.122 0.127 0.135 0.121 0.113 0.078 0.141 0.148 0.126 0.084
Agricultural Sciences −0.027 0.037 −0.026 0.039 −0.038 0.057 −0.038 −0.073 −0.067 −0.064 −0.049
Engineering 0.030 0.078 0.074 0.078 0.051 0.056 0.039 0.066 0.109 0.114 0.112
Geosciences −0.111 −0.091 −0.083 −0.064 −0.080 −0.056 −0.031 −0.018 −0.012 −0.012 0.033
Plant & Animal Science −0.014 −0.028 −0.035 −0.042 −0.064 −0.065 −0.076 −0.058 0.034 0.013 0.020
Social Sciences, general −0.058 −0.037 −0.032 −0.010 −0.011 −0.011 −0.012 −0.017 −0.028 −0.037 −0.050
Economics & Business −0.172 −0.182 −0.185 −0.159 −0.167 −0.155 −0.142 −0.148 −0.209 −0.207 −0.249
Economics −0.191 −0.202 −0.210 −0.194 −0.201 −0.196 −0.201 −0.202 −0.240 −0.233 −0.278
Education & Educational Research 0.021 −0.013 −0.018 −0.023 −0.032 −0.031 0.018 0.021 0.015 −0.025 −0.025
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