Measuring the attractiveness of academic journals: A direct influence aggregation model

Cornillier, Fabien and Charles, Vincent (2015): Measuring the attractiveness of academic journals: A direct influence aggregation model. Published in: Operations Research Letters , Vol. 43, No. 2 (March 2015): pp. 172-176.

Abstract

Various journal-ranking algorithms have been proposed, most of them based on citation counts. This article introduces a new approach based on the reciprocal direct influence of all pairs of a list of journals. The proposed method is assessed against an opinion-based ranking published in 2005 for 25 operations research and management science (OR/MS) journals, and five existing approaches based on citation counts. The results show a strong correlation with the opinion-based ranking.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Journal ranking;citations;invariant method;LP-method;impact factor;PageRank method
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General > C02 - Mathematical Methods; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I23 - Higher Education ; Research Institutions; Z - Other Special Topics > Z0 - General > Z00 - General

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