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An editor's influence on citation patterns: A case study of Elementary School Journal

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  • MaryEllen Sievert
  • Mary Haughawout

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An analysis of citation data of Elementary School Journal suggests that changes in editorship may have resulted in changes in citation patterns. This journal had three editors in a 10‐year period. The study examined the editorial goals of each of the editors and found that while they agreed on several positions, the current editor stressed research more and was interested in rapid communication. Citation data for 2 years after each editor had assumed control showed changes in the number of citations the journal received, the number of citations given, the immediacy index and the impact factor. The impact factor under the current editor had surpassed the 0.35 figure sometimes noted as signifying importance. Further the journals citing Elementary School Journal and those being cited in it had shifted and included those identified as important or prestigious in other, earlier studies. Finally, statistical tests on the impact factor and the immediacy index for nine years confirmed that the tenure of the third editor was significantly different from that of the first two editors. The shifts seen in all these data suggest that an editor who intends to change a journal may have an impact on the citation patterns of that publication. © 1989 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • MaryEllen Sievert & Mary Haughawout, 1989. "An editor's influence on citation patterns: A case study of Elementary School Journal," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 40(5), pages 334-341, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:40:y:1989:i:5:p:334-341
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(198909)40:53.0.CO;2-S
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    1. Faria João R & Mixon Franklin G & Upadhyaya Kamal P, 2018. "Editor Reputation and Journal Quality: The Case of Regional Economic Association Journals," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 18(1), pages 1-20, January.
    2. Jinyoung Kim & Kanghyock Koh, 2014. "Incentives for Journal Editors," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 47(1), pages 348-371, February.
    3. Lydia L. Lange & P. A. Frensch, 1999. "Gaining scientific recognition by position: Does editorship increase citation rates?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 44(3), pages 459-486, March.

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