Impact of private editor article citations to journal citation: a case of Indonesian accredited "A" journals

[摘要] Journal citation is a key indicator of global acceptance and considered a factor in the Indonesian academic journal accreditation system. Indonesian Journals are categorized chronologically from high to low as A and B, which Google Scholar Citations (GSC) as one inputs during assessment. This current study aimed to determine an impact of an editor private article citation to accredited A journal citation, based on Google's scholar. The data collection was conducted in January 2018 through Google's scholar account and analyzed using linear regressions. The total twelve journals were accredited A which indicated highest quality nationally in management and article content. The data statistically analyzed of twelve journals were indicated that correlation such as factors was very delicate (Multiple R = 0.17 and R Square = 0.03). Editor individual articles were only 3% judging citations of journals, while remaining 97% was influenced by other factors. Citation of Editor particular articles have no significant effect on the number of their journal citations. The high-impact journal exclusively published based on their novelty and technical competence, and in the potential of article-level metrics. Key factor determined impact journal was quality, accuracy and authority of a journal. The editors had the impact indirectly through determined quality of article's journal.

[发布机构] Departement of Informatics Engineering, Universitas Darusaalam Gontor, Siman Road Km.6, Siman, Ponorogo, East-Java; 63471, Indonesia^1;Departement of Agrotechnology, Universitas Darusaalam Gontor, Siman Road Km.6, Siman, Ponorogo, East-Java; 63471, Indonesia^2

[效力级别] 自然科学

[关键词] Academic journal;Data collection;Global acceptance;Google scholar;High-to-low;Key factors;Key indicator;Technical competence