There is an established research agenda on dissecting an articles components, title and abstract readability and diversity, keywords, number references, and determining their association with bibliometrics performance. Yet, journals titles and their overview, aim and scope (i.e., journals mission statement, JMS(s) have not been investigated with the same diligence. This study aims to conduct a comprehensive outlook of titles and JMSs lexical structure and identify significant differences between journals prestige and type of access groups and their JMS content in the field of business, management and accounting (BMA). Lexical network analysis was used to explore journals title structure. JMS were examined through the Flesch-Kincaid grade level for readability and the Yules K for lexical diversity. Titles and JMS structural analysis reflected current and critical discussion in BMA: an obsession for counterintuitive findings and ICT tools. JMS expressed mostly target customers and markets. JMS from reputable journals showed a higher betweenness for key terms related to rigorous features, while JMS of lower reputable journals highlighted indexing attributes (i.e., Scopus). Wilcoxon rank sum and Kruskal Wallis tests showed significant differences in the JMS median diversity regarding the journals type of access and best quartiles.
翻译:现有一项既定研究议程,涉及将文章的组成部分、标题和抽象可读性和多样性、关键词、数字参考,以及确定其与字数性业绩的关系;然而,期刊标题及其概览、目标和范围(即期刊任务说明、JMS等)尚未以同样的认真态度加以调查;这项研究的目的是对标题和JMS词汇结构进行全面展望,并查明期刊在商业、管理和会计领域的声望和访问群体类型及其JMS内容在商业、管理和会计领域的重大差异;利用词汇网络分析来探索期刊标题结构;通过Flesch-Kincaid级的可读性和Yules K类的可读性、目标和范围(即期刊任务说明、JMS等)进行了审查;标题和JMS结构分析反映了BMA当前和批判性的讨论:对反直觉调查结果和信通技术工具的迷恋;JMS主要以客户和市场为对象;来自良好期刊的JMS显示与严格特征有关的关键术语的高度差异,而JMS的低信誉期刊则突出索引属性(i.e.,Scops)。