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High Impact Factor Journals have More Publications than Expected


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1 School of Accounting, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
2 School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
3 School of Management and E-Business, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
 

Journal impact factor is widely used in research evaluation. By using the 2016 Journal Citation Reports, we find that high impact factor journals publish more publications than expected and low impact factor journals publish less publications than expected. Our findings may be useful to optimize the journal based evaluation system.
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Authors

Fang Liu
School of Accounting, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
Wenbo Guo
School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
Chao Zuo
School of Management and E-Business, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China

Abstract


Journal impact factor is widely used in research evaluation. By using the 2016 Journal Citation Reports, we find that high impact factor journals publish more publications than expected and low impact factor journals publish less publications than expected. Our findings may be useful to optimize the journal based evaluation system.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi05%2F955-956