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dc.contributor.authorTempl, Matthias-
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-02T14:01:09Z-
dc.date.available2022-12-02T14:01:09Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.issn1026-597Xde_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/26283-
dc.description.abstractThis article is motivated by the work as editor-in-chief of the Austrian Journal of Statistics and contains detailed analyses about the impact of the Austrian Journal of Statistics. The impact of a journal is typically expressed by journal metrics indicators. One of the important ones, the journal impact factor is calculated from the Web of Science (WoS) database by Clarivate Analytics. It is known that newly established journals or journals without membership in big publishers often face difficulties to be included, e.g., in the Science Citation Index (SCI) and thus they do not receive a WoS journal impact factor, as it is the case for example, for the Austrian Journal of Statistics. In this study, a novel approach is pursued modeling and predicting the WoS impact factor of journals using open access or partly open-access databases, like Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Scopus. I hypothesize a functional linear dependency between citation counts in these databases and the journal impact factor. These functional relationships enable the development of a model that may allow estimating the impact factor for new, small, and independent journals not listed in SCI. However, only good results could be achieved with robust linear regression and well-chosen models. In addition, this study demonstrates that the WoS impact factor of SCI listed journals can be successfully estimated without using the Web of Science database and therefore the dependency of researchers and institutions to this popular database can be minimized. These results suggest that the statistical model developed here can be well applied to predict the WoS impact factor using alternative open-access databases.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherAustrian Statistical Societyde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofAustrian Journal of Statisticsde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de_CH
dc.subjectBibliometricsde_CH
dc.subjectJournal impact factorde_CH
dc.subjectOpen-accessde_CH
dc.subjectStatistical modellingde_CH
dc.subject.ddc020: Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaftde_CH
dc.subject.ddc070: Nachrichtenmedien, Journalismus und Verlagswesende_CH
dc.titleModeling and prediction of the impact factor of journals using open-access databasesde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Engineeringde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Datenanalyse und Prozessdesign (IDP)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.17713/ajs.v49i5.1186de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-26283-
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue5de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.end58de_CH
zhaw.pages.start35de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume49de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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zhaw.display.portraitYesde_CH
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Templ, M. (2020). Modeling and prediction of the impact factor of journals using open-access databases. Austrian Journal of Statistics, 49(5), 35–58. https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v49i5.1186
Templ, M. (2020) ‘Modeling and prediction of the impact factor of journals using open-access databases’, Austrian Journal of Statistics, 49(5), pp. 35–58. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v49i5.1186.
M. Templ, “Modeling and prediction of the impact factor of journals using open-access databases,” Austrian Journal of Statistics, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 35–58, 2020, doi: 10.17713/ajs.v49i5.1186.
TEMPL, Matthias, 2020. Modeling and prediction of the impact factor of journals using open-access databases. Austrian Journal of Statistics. 2020. Bd. 49, Nr. 5, S. 35–58. DOI 10.17713/ajs.v49i5.1186
Templ, Matthias. 2020. “Modeling and Prediction of the Impact Factor of Journals Using Open-Access Databases.” Austrian Journal of Statistics 49 (5): 35–58. https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v49i5.1186.
Templ, Matthias. “Modeling and Prediction of the Impact Factor of Journals Using Open-Access Databases.” Austrian Journal of Statistics, vol. 49, no. 5, 2020, pp. 35–58, https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v49i5.1186.


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