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Chiang KaoNational Cheng Kung University Department of Industrial and Information Management Tainan Taiwan

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Hsiou-Wei LinNational Taiwan University Department of International Business Taipei Taiwan

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San-Lin ChungNational Taiwan University Department of Finance Taipei Taiwan

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Wei-Chi TsaiNational Cheng Chi University Department of Business Administration Taipei Taiwan

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Jyh-Shen ChiouNational Cheng Chi University Department of International Business Taipei Taiwan

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Yen-Liang ChenNational Central University Department of Information Management Chung-Li Taiwan

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Liang-Hsuan ChenNational Cheng Kung University Department of Industrial and Information Management Tainan Taiwan

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Shih-Chieh FangNational Cheng Kung University Department of Business Administration Tainan Taiwan

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Hwei-Lan PaoNational Science Council Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Taipei Taiwan

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Abstract  

To improve the quality of journals in Taiwan, the National Science Council (NSC) of the Republic of China evaluates journals in the fields of humanities and social sciences periodically. This paper describes the evaluation of 46 management journals conducted by the authors, as authorized by the NSC. Both a subjective approach, with judgments solicited from 345 experts, and an objective approach, with data collected on four indicators: journal cross citation, dissertation citation, authors’ scholastic reputation, and author diversity, were used to make a comprehensive evaluation. Performance in the four indicators were aggregated using weights which were most favourable to all journals, in a compromise sense, to produce the composite indices. The subjective evaluation reflects the general image, or reputation, of journals while the objective evaluation discloses blind spots which have been overlooked by experts. The results show that using either approach alone would have produced results which are misleading, which suggests that both approaches should be used. All of the editors of the journals being evaluated agreed that the evaluation was appropriate and the results are reasonable.

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Scientometrics
Language English
Size B5
Year of
Foundation
1978
Volumes
per Year
1
Issues
per Year
12
Founder Akadémiai Kiadó
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Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
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Publisher
Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 0138-9130 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2861 (Online)