情报学报  2019, Vol. 38 Issue (4): 342-353    DOI: 10.3772/j.issn.1000-0135.2019.04.002
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A “Multiple Indicator” View of Preprint Impact Evaluation in Information and Library Science
Chen Yue, Wang Zhiqi, Liu Zeyuan, Song Cha
Institution of Science of Science and S&T Management & WISE Lab, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023
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Abstract  This paper focuses on those preprints in arXiv that are also published in three major journals in Library and Information Science (LIS) and further explores the border impact of the preprints from several perspectives. In particular, the following four indicators are used to examine the 550 arXiv and 5782 non-arXiv papers: citations from the Web of Science Core Collection (CF-WoS), Scopus, and Google Scholar; usage counts in WoS (UC); Mendeley readers (MR); and Tweets (TM), which are considered proxies for social attention. The results show different citation trends for the two sets of papers, wherein preprints have an obvious citation advantage compared with the other documents. The development of altmetrics in research evaluation promotes the open access process of scientific resources. The impact advantage of arXiv papers can also be observed in MR but is hardly reflected by UC or TM. A linear regression analysis substantiates that MR and UC do strongly correlate with CF-WoS, which also holds for the relationship with Scopus and Google Scholar citations, but MR is more suitable to assist in the evaluation of the impact of preprints. The strong correlation between readers/usage and citations may be interpreted in the sense that arXiv papers gain broader attention than non-arXiv papers, not only from subscribers of the WoS. This study helps to reveal the role of preprints in LIS and provides inspiration to build a more complete evaluation index system currently suitable for different methods of scientific communication from the “multiple indicator” view.
Key wordspreprint      citation advantage      social attention      bibliometrics      altmetrics      research evaluation     
Received: 08 October 2018     
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Chen Yue,Wang Zhiqi,Liu Zeyuan, et al. A “Multiple Indicator” View of Preprint Impact Evaluation in Information and Library Science[J]. 情报学报, 2019, 38(4): 342-353.
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