Efficiency Ranking of Journals in Turkey with DEA and DR/DEA Methods

Abstract

Today, all countries publish many scientific studies in order to make progress in a scientific sense and plan for the future. Many criteria, such as impact factor, citation count, and article impact score, have been developed to measure, compare, and rank the quality of journals in which these studies are published. These criteria are used for purposes such as academic promotion, hiring, publication support, project support, and scholarships. It is extremely important to evaluate the quality standards of journals published in any field objectively in order to determine their quality and improve their standards. In this study, effective analysis was performed on certain journals published in Turkey using suitable input and output variables selected from these criteria. The efficiency scores of the journals were calculated using the Data Envelopment Analysis method and Discriminant Ratio Data Envelopment Analysis was applied. The journals were ranked according to the efficiency scores obtained. The efficiency scores obtained using Discriminant Ratio Data Envelopment Analysis were found to give better results in evaluating the performance of journals. In addition, the obtained efficiency scores were compared with the journal rankings given by Journal Citation Reports. As a result of this study, the importance of evaluating the performance of journals using objective criteria has once again been emphasized.