Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.21.2.11
(INTER)NATIONAL ORIENTATION OF CROATIAN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND ARTS AND HUMANITIES JOURNALS INDEXED IN THE WEB OF SCIENCE DATABASE
Bojan MACAN
orcid.org/0000-0003-1138-4188
; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
Aleksandra PIKIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-4187
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
Marina MAYER
orcid.org/0000-0001-5003-4856
; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
Abstract
After the beginning of the year 2007, the number of
Croatian scientific journals indexed in the WoS database has
rapidly increased, and among them the number of Croatian
social sciences (SS) and arts and humanities (A&H) journals
as well. In this paper, the (inter)national orientation of
Croatian SS and A&H journals indexed in the period 2008-
-2010 in WoS was analyzed. The analysis was conducted via
language of the journal title and published papers, national
distribution of authors and co-authorship structure, as well as
via the INO indicator. SS journals were divided into those
related to medicine and health (SSM) and other SS journals
(SSO), while A&H journals were observed as one group (AH).
Croatian SSM journals are the most internationally oriented
according to all indicators, while the SSO journals have the
strongest national orientation. Howevper, all three analyzed
groups of journals are still the most attractive first for
Croatian authors, and then to authors from the region (SSO,
SSM) and top 20 countries in the world's science (AH).
Keywords
bibliometrics; journals; Croatia; social sciences; arts & humanities
Hrčak ID:
84544
URI
Publication date:
1.4.2012.
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