North American perception of the prestige of biomechanics serials

Knudson, Duane; Chow, John W.

doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.07.005

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“…Knudson and Ostarello [20] reported there was limited agreement by scholars on the most influential books or journal articles in the field and similar to previous research on biomechanics journals [19], scholar rankings of journals were weakly correlated with the journal impact factor. Gefen [9] reported the Hirsh index values of small samples of professor and associate professor rank biomechanists from top tier universities in the US and Europe, however, this initial study was limited by its sample size and focus on engineering disciplines [11].…”

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Biomechanics Scholar Citations across Academic Ranks

Knudson

2015

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: citations to the publications of a scholar have been used as a measure of the quality or influence of their research record. A world-wide descriptive study of the citations to the publications of biomechanics scholars of various academic ranks was conducted. Material and methods: Google Scholar Citations was searched for user profiles reporting "biomechanics" as an interest area and data recorded if they had at least one citation to their publications. Total citations, academic rank, and country were recorded for 2067 scholars from 79 countries. Additional data were collected and analyzed for most cited (top 15%) biomechanics scholars holding the rank of professor. Results: there was a significant (p < 0.001) difference in the distribution of citations between all ranks, and all ranks had large variation and were positively skewed. The ranking of the most cited scholar profiles at the rank of professor was influenced by normalizing citation counts for numbers of co-authors. Conclusions: percentile rank citation data from this study may be useful to supplement peer-evaluation of biomechanics scholar's Google Scholar publication records, particularly if the number of co-authors contributing their citations is taken into account.

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Biomechanics Scholar Citations across Academic Ranks

Knudson

2015

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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“…A sample of 82 kinesiology-related journals ( Table 1 ) was identifi ed by the author through analysis of subject categories used in these databases and journals reported in previous studies ( Miranda & Mongeau, 1991 ;Knudson & Chow, 2008 ;Knudson, in press a, b).…”

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“…The most recent data from three databases were searched for kinesiology-related journals: Thompson-Reuters' Journal Citation Reports for 2011, SCImago Journal and Country Rank using Elsevier's Scopus for 2011, and Eigenfactor.org as of June 17, 2013. A sample of 82 kinesiology-related journals ( Table 1 ) was identifi ed by the author through analysis of subject categories used in these databases and journals reported in previous studies ( Miranda & Mongeau, 1991 ;Knudson & Chow, 2008 ;Knudson, in press a, b).…”

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“…Miranda and Mongeau (1991 ) reported perceptions of fi ve journal characteristics for 45 physical education and sport journals, noting the need for additional research since the area had been relatively neglected in bibliometric research. The perception of infl uence of journals in the biomechanics sub-discipline of kinesiology has been reported from surveys of North American and international scholars ( Knudson & Chow, 2008 ;Knudson & Ostarello, 2008 ).…”

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Impact and prestige of kinesiology-related journals¹

Knudson¹

2013

Comprehensive Psychology

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This study documented the major factors of scholarly infl uence of kinesiology journals: impact and prestige. Four citation-based biblometric indicators were extracted for kinesiology journals from three databases: Thompson-Reuters Journal Citation Reports, SCImago Journal and Country Rank, and Eigenfactor.org. Two metrics (Eigenfactor™ and Hirsch index) estimated journal prestige, while SCImago Journal Rank and the Impact Factor estimated impact. Correlations and curve fi ts confi rmed the impact and prestige structure in kinesiology journals that has been reported in other fi elds. Combined impact and prestige scores showed some journals with high infl uence, but about twenty percent of the journals with ratings of either impact or prestige higher (0.5 SD ) than the other. Kinesiology journals may make diff erent contributions to the knowledge generation and storage roles of scholarly publications.Kinesiology is the study of human movement or physical activity. A large, diverse metadisciplinary fi eld like kinesiology has a variety of multi-disciplinary and sub-disciplinary journals publishing research. Kinesiology research can be found indexed in major databases like Scopus or Journal Citation Reports under subject areas like education, physiology, rehabilitation, sports medicine, and sports science. These subject areas or categories of databases are just a small subset of the many sub-disciplinary areas related to Kinesiology (e.g., athletic training, biomechanics, exercise physiology, psychology, leisure, measurement, motor behavior, public health, sociology). Unfortunately there has been limited investigation defi ning the core journals in kinesiology or their bibliometric properties.

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“…org as of June 17, 2013), and applying these metrics to selected journals identifi ed in previous studies. Three of the four previous studies were conducted by Knudson himself (Knudson & Chow, 2008 ;Knudson, 2013b , in press) and one came from the fi eld of library studies more than 20 years ago ( Miranda & Mongeau, 1991 ). It is unclear which journals came from which source(s).…”

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In search of kinesiology's core journals: an elusive and potentially value-laden enterprise¹

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2014

Comprehensive Psychology

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In this paper we raise concerns over the methodological approach employed by Knudson (2013a) in attempting to identify core journals in kinesiology. Philosophical concerns about the nature of his results and their meaning are also brought to bear. The authors argue for more consistent, explicit, and inclusive methodology in identifying the journals and the associated measures of impact and prestige, and raise questions about the nature and purpose of scholarship in kinesiology that must be considered more fully. Our intention in raising these concerns is meant to answer the call of Knudson, Morrow, and Thomas (2014), who observed that scholars in kinesiology rarely challenge one another through letters to the editor, replication, or by other means. In the spirit of such scholarly discourse, we off er several observations that we feel should be considered, particularly prior to individuals or institutions attempting to operationalize and/or apply his study results.Scholarship in kinesiology has a long history ( Park, 1980( Park, , 2005, with increased recognition and acceptance following the release of the

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North American perception of the prestige of biomechanics serials

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

Biomechanics Scholar Citations across Academic Ranks

Biomechanics Scholar Citations across Academic Ranks

Impact and prestige of kinesiology-related journals¹

In search of kinesiology's core journals: an elusive and potentially value-laden enterprise¹

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In search of kinesiology's core journals: an elusive and potentially value-laden enterprise1

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