An Analysis of Factors Affecting Numbers of Citations of Academic Officers at the Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University Published in Scopus Database
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14456/jiskku.2024.3Keywords:
Bibliometric Data, Scopus database, Number of citation, h-index, Journal metricAbstract
Purpose: This research aimed: 1) to find a pattern of academic works and bibliometric data; 2) to study the correlation between the number of citations and the quartile rank of journals; and 3) to analyze the factors of bibliometric data affecting the number of citations of lecturers and researchers of the Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, which were published in international journals from 2016 to 2020 with the total of 207 articles.
Methodology: In order to investigate the relationship of factors affecting number of citations, a statistical analysis was applied. One-Way ANOVA was used to compare differences. Multiple Linear Regression along with Stepwise Method were employed for the analysis to forecast the influences of variables affecting the number of citations.
Findings: It was discovered that a total of 207 academic articles were published across 128 journals, with 26.9% of these articles falling under the sub-discipline of Environmental Science. Regarding the analysis of the relationship between the number of citations and journal ranking metrics, a quartile value from the SJR database revealed a significant difference (p<0.05) in the average number of citations of Quartile 1 and Quartiles 2-4. This clearly showed that the selection of a Quartile 1 journal for publication increases the number of citations in comparison with other quartiles. In terms of factor analysis of bibliometric data, including six factors of academic articles, which affected the number of citations, there were two significant factors as follows: 1) the h-index of the corresponding author was statistically significant (p<0.001). In contrast, the h-index of the first author did not affect the number of citations with statistically significant (p<0.135); 2) International collaborations affected the number of citations with statistically significant (p<0.001).
Applications of this study: This investigation can be a guideline for researchers to consider the quality factors of journal articles so that the research can be developed and reach the quality standard of the journals. Also, the research articles will have a higher opportunity to be cited. Lastly, these findings demonstrate the need to strengthen research networks and collaborations, and support the building of international research teams. These efforts will lead to an increase in the number of citations.
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