Rough set attribute reduction analysis of the impact of open science policies on academic journal impact factors
Weiheda WANG, Feng YIN, Qingwei GUO, Genyi LIU, Beiling CUI
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针对开放科学政策对学术期刊影响力的作用机制尚不明确的问题,通过基于粗糙集属性约简的分析方法多维度揭示“开放科学程度(Degree of Open Science,DOS)”“社会影响力(Social Influence,SI)”“期刊影响因子(Journal Impact Factor,JIF)”等指标值之间的复杂关联.为不同学科期刊制定差异化的开放科学策略提供基于实际数据的决策支持.以开放科学中心发布的“计算机科学”“人工智能”“心理学”“教育学”“环境科学”与“工程”等六个学科共574个期刊为研究对象,整合其TOP(Transparency and Openness Promotion)因子得分、替代计量(Altmetrics)数据均值及JCR(Journal Citation Reports)影响因子,构建包含开放科学政策、社会关注度与学术影响力的多维决策表.采用粗糙集属性约简技术计算不同属性的依赖度,剔除冗余指标并提取核心影响因素.结合学科分组对比与决策规则挖掘,分析不同因素对期刊影响因子的贡献度差异.从而,可以通过贡献度差异值来合理进行决策.结果表明,不同学科期刊在开放科学政策的实施及社会传播力方面存在显著差异.因此,在制定相关开放政策时,应充分考虑各学科的特性和目标受众.
Abstract
To unravel the mechanism underlying the impact of open science policies on academic journal influence, a rough set attribute reduction analysis was conducted to multi-dimensionally reveal the complex correlations among indicators such as the degree of open science (DOS), social influence (SI), and journal impact factor (JIF), aiming to provide data‑driven decision support for formulating discipline‑specific open science strategies for journals across various fields. Taking 574 journals across six disciplines—including computer science, artificial intelligence, psychology, education, environmental science, and engineering—released by the Center for Open Science as research objects, this study integrated their TOP (Transparency and Openness Promotion) factor scores, average altmetrics data, and JCR (Journal Citation Reports) impact factors to construct a multi‑dimensional decision table encompassing open science policy, social attention, and academic influence. The rough set attribute reduction technique was applied to calculate the dependency degrees of different attributes, eliminate redundant indicators, and extract core influencing factors. Combined with discipline‑grouped comparisons and decision rule mining, the study analyzed the differential contributions of various factors to JIF, thereby enabling rational decision‑making based on contribution disparities. The results indicated significant inter‑disciplinary variations in the implementation of open science policies and social dissemination capabilities among journals. Consequently, the formulation of relevant open policies should fully account for the disciplinary characteristics and target audiences of each field.
2)基于Altmetric.com平台,收集上述574本期刊的Altmetric数据.在此平台上,我们选择了以下四个指标进行分析:Altmetrics Attention Score、新闻媒体报道频次(News mentions)、Dimensions引用频次(Number of Dimensions citations)及Mendeley读者数(Number of Mendeley Readers).针对每本期刊在2022‒2023年期间发表的论文,计算这四种指标的平均值.选取的指标具体含义如下.
技术学科(计算机科学、人工智能)这一领域的研究具有较强的技术规范性,因此在透明性指标中,代码透明度(依赖度0.093)和设计与分析报告(依赖度0.036)显得尤为重要.例如,IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence要求作者提供完整代码库的链接,其高影响因子(IF=20.8)与代码透明度得分之间存在一定的相关性.这一发现也与文献[18]的研究结果一致.此外,本研究发现技术学科中的Altmetrics指标(如新闻提及)的贡献度普遍低于0.02,表明此类影响力更多依赖于学术内部的引用,而非公众传播.此外,研究预注册与分析计划预注册等指标在相关性分析中同样无显著作用(r<0.05),印证了粗糙集方法在剔除低效政策指标上的有效性.
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