Huh Sun
Department of Parasitology and Institute of Medical Education, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
Ann Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jun;22(2):77-81. doi: 10.6065/apem.2017.22.2.77. Epub 2017 Jun 28.
Using journal metrics, this paper explores whether has internationalized 4 years after changing its language to English only.
From the journal's website and the Web of Science Core Collection, the following metrics were counted or calculated: Number of citable articles, countries of authors and editorial board members, total citations, impact factor, countries of citing authors, citing journal titles, and Hirsch index.
From 2012 to 2017, 208 articles were citable. The authors had affiliations in 7 countries and the editorial board members in 14 countries. From 2014 to 2017, the total citations each year were 8, 81, 141, and 61; and the impact factors from 2014 to 2016 were calculated as 0.05, 0.987, and 1.165. The citing authors were from 60 countries, among which the United States, China, South Korea, Italy, and Germany were most common. The journal was cited by 215 journal titles. The Hirsch index was 7.
These journal metrics showed that the journal achieved international status 4 years after changing the journals' language into English only. The journal's language policy successfully enabled the journal to rebrand as an international journal.
本文运用期刊指标，探讨某期刊在仅改用英文4年后是否实现了国际化。
从该期刊网站和科学引文索引核心合集中统计或计算以下指标：可引用文章数量、作者和编辑委员会成员所在国家、总被引次数、影响因子、引用作者所在国家、引用期刊名称以及赫希指数。
2012年至2017年，有208篇文章可被引用。作者来自7个国家，编辑委员会成员来自14个国家。2014年至2017年，每年的总被引次数分别为8次、81次、141次和61次；2014年至2016年的影响因子分别计算为0.05、0.987和1.165。引用作者来自60个国家，其中美国、中国、韩国、意大利和德国最为常见。该期刊被215种期刊引用。赫希指数为7。
这些期刊指标表明，该期刊在仅改用英文4年后实现了国际地位。该期刊的语言政策成功地使该期刊重塑为一本国际期刊。
