Abstract
With scientometric and archived data analysis, this short report tries to investigate archives of journals versus their defined aims and scope. Hence, case explorations of two journals performed by mapping their collection which resulted in a strategic evaluation of the journals' shortcomings. A suggestion, with this short report, is presented to the editorial board as the conclusions. Moreover, the main contribution of the study is to use the two cases as a feasibility approval to comment on the possibility of journal strategic direction and management of call for papers via a scientometric approach.
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Two cases consisting of Publications (ISSN 23046775) and European Science Editing (ISSN 02583127) journals were investigated separately to compare the journal aims and scope with the contents of their publications.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Bibliometric: It is the use of statistical approaches to analyse archived publications.
Scopus: Scopus is a database that highly managed documents abstract and citations connected to academic literature from a wide range of disciplines.
VOSviewer: It is a software application for creating and displaying bibliometric networking.
Editor: A person who oversees and decides what goes into a publication like a journal or a book with several authors.
Publication: Preparing and releasing a product such as a book, proceedings, or journal
Journal: A systematic, long-form record of scientific activity, description, or reflection.
Scientometric: Measuring and analyzing scientific literature is the focus of the academic discipline known as scientometrics.