Measuring journal performance for multidisciplinary research: An efficiency perspective

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Highlights：

• We develop a measure of journal performance using data envelopment analysis (DEA).

• DEA-IF measures the efficiency of journals’ citation generation processes.

• DEA-IF mirrors field-different characteristics of citation densities and dynamics.

• DEA-IF can be used for comparative evaluation of multidisciplinary journals.

• A case study example of industrial engineering journals is provided.

摘要

•We develop a measure of journal performance using data envelopment analysis (DEA).•DEA-IF measures the efficiency of journals’ citation generation processes.•DEA-IF mirrors field-different characteristics of citation densities and dynamics.•DEA-IF can be used for comparative evaluation of multidisciplinary journals.•A case study example of industrial engineering journals is provided.

论文关键词：Journal performance,Journal quality,Data envelopment analysis (DEA),Impact factor (IF),Multidisciplinary

论文评审过程：Received 10 July 2013, Revised 7 October 2013, Accepted 16 October 2013, Available online 21 November 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.10.004