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Ranking of sustainability journals using the author affiliation index and comparison to other journal metrics

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    Identifier: imarina:6179218
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina6179218
  • Authors:

    Ginieis M
    Li X
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Ginieis M; Li X
    Department: Gestió d'Empreses
    URV's Author/s: Ginieis Iribarren, Matías Carlos / Li, Xiaoni
    Keywords: University Sustainability Research productivity Productivity Management Journal ranking Journal quality Impact Higher education Environmental research Economics departments Citation Business Authorship pattern Author affiliation
    Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. An important component in evaluating research productivity is the quality of the academic journal. For this reason, the objective of this paper is to analyze the Author Affiliation Index (AAI) in sustainability field journals as a preliminary study to offer some insights into quality rating of journals in this chosen discipline. The AAI of a journal is defined as the percentage of the journal's articles published by authors affiliated with a base set of high-quality academic universities or institutions. We conducted an evaluation of the top 50 journals in environmental studies indexed in the category Social Science in the Web of Science (WOS) database in 2018 and the top-notch 50 universities worldwide with master or postgraduate programs in the disciplines of management and sustainability studies. The results obtained demonstrate that there is a low AAI score on average in the sustainability field compared with other disciplines and the potential reason for such low scoring is probably caused by the high number of co-authors collaborating in environmental studies related journals. Although there is no agreement reached in terms of journal ratings by AAIs and other citation and survey-based measures, we can confirm certain elite affiliations effect which leading sustainability journals have higher concentrations of authors who are affiliated with elite institutions, however, such elite affiliation effect is on average much lower compared with other disciplines as finance, accounting or transportation, etc.
    Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Medicina i Management, monitoring, policy and law Interdisciplinar Historia Hardware and architecture Green & sustainable science & technology Geography, planning and development Geografía Geociências Environmental studies Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Energy engineering and power technology Education Computer science (miscellaneous) Computer networks and communications Ciências agrárias i Building and construction Biotecnología Biodiversidade Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 19370709
    Author's mail: xiaoni.li@urv.cat matias.ginieis@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-4047-4046 0000-0003-4459-2899
    Record's date: 2023-07-31
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/3/1104
    Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Sustainability. 12 (3):
    APA: Ginieis M; Li X (2020). Ranking of sustainability journals using the author affiliation index and comparison to other journal metrics. Sustainability, 12(3), -. DOI: 10.3390/su12031104
    Article's DOI: 10.3390/su12031104
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2020
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Computer Networks and Communications,Education,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Environmental Science (Miscellaneous),Environmental Sciences,Environmental Studies,Geography, Planning and Development,Green & Sustainable Science & Technology,Hardware and Architecture,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainabil
    University
    Sustainability
    Research productivity
    Productivity
    Management
    Journal ranking
    Journal quality
    Impact
    Higher education
    Environmental research
    Economics departments
    Citation
    Business
    Authorship pattern
    Author affiliation
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment
    Medicina i
    Management, monitoring, policy and law
    Interdisciplinar
    Historia
    Hardware and architecture
    Green & sustainable science & technology
    Geography, planning and development
    Geografía
    Geociências
    Environmental studies
    Environmental sciences
    Environmental science (miscellaneous)
    Ensino
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Enfermagem
    Energy engineering and power technology
    Education
    Computer science (miscellaneous)
    Computer networks and communications
    Ciências agrárias i
    Building and construction
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Arquitetura, urbanismo e design
    Arquitetura e urbanismo
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