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A Study on the Impact of Economic Research Institutes in Korea using Citation Analysis of the Internet News
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A Study on the Impact of Economic Research Institutes in Korea using Citation Analysis of the Internet News

Hae-Min Kim and Yoon-Kyung Choi
Journal of Information Management, v 41(2), pp 161-181
30 Apr 2010
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https://doi.org/10.1633/jim.2010.41.2.161View
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https://doi.org/10.1633/JIM.2010.41.2.161View
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate citation behavior in internet news to research papers of 10 domestic economic institutes and to suggest institutes' impact quantitatively with h-index and various modified indices. Content analysis of 878 news articles that collected from NAVER news site was performed. First, as citing behavior, cited numbers of research papers, preferred news media, speed, source entry accuracy, centrality, subject section, and length by the institutes were examined. Next, impact indices for institutes were calculated by cited numbers using h-index, g-index, hs-index, and gs-index, and the ranking of 10 research institutes were determined by each impact indices. As a result, institutes belonged to upper ranks showed little variation among the different indices. On the other hand, institutes belonged to middle and lower ranks showed variations in impact indices and experts' survey.

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