Abstract:

[Purposes] This paper aims to analyze the disciplinary distribution of the liberal arts journals sponsored by universities based on the Chinese library classification number of individual papers and carry out journal cluster analysis accordingly, to comprehensively understand the disciplinary structure of liberal arts journals sponsored by Chinese universities, and to provide references for the high-quality development of academic journals. [Methods] Taking 10356 papers published in 2022 from 109 liberal arts journals sponsored by universities as the research object, we obtained their Chinese library classification number from CNKI and studied the disciplinary structure and disciplinary clusters of the liberal arts journals through statistical analysis, calculation of disciplinary structure characteristic indexes, construction and clustering of disciplinary structure similarity matrix, etc. [Findings] The overall publication of liberal arts journals in universities is mainly focused on social sciences such as economics, political science, and law, which are covered in most journals and with even distribution. Interdisciplinary papers account for nearly 30%, with mainly the integration of economics, political science, and history with other disciplines. Journals from comprehensive and normal universities cover a wide range of disciplines, with even discipline distribution and high diversity. Journals from agricultural and forestry universities exhibit narrow disciplinary coverage, uneven distribution, and low diversity. Journals from science and engineering universities demonstrate significant heterogeneity in disciplinary diversity. The 109 journals sponsored by universities can be divided into four major categories with distinctive disciplinary features. [Conclusions] The disciplinary structure characteristics of journals from different types of universities are quite different, which reflect the different orientation and advantages of journals of different universities. According to the disciplinary focus of journals, carrying out a journal classification evaluation based on the paper-level subject classification should be considered.

Key words: Liberal arts journal in university, Disciplinary structural characteristic, Chinese library classification number, Journal cluster

摘要：

【目的】基于单篇论文的中图分类号分析高校文科学报学科分布，并据此进行学报集群分析，全面了解我国高校文科学报学科结构特征，为学术期刊高质量发展提供参考。【方法】以109种高校文科学报在2022年刊发的10356篇论文为研究对象，从中国知网获取其中图分类号，通过统计分析、学科结构特征指标计算、构建学科结构相似度矩阵并进行聚类等方法对高校学报的学科结构特征及学科集群进行研究。【结果】高校文科学报发文学科以经济学、政治学和法学等社会科学为主，多数学报涉及这些学科且学科分布较为均匀；交叉学科论文占比接近30%，主要体现为经济学、政治学、历史学与其他学科的交叉融合；综合类和师范类院校学报学科范围广、分布均衡、多样性高，农林类院校学报学科范围窄、分布不均衡、多样性低，理工类院校学报学科多样性有较大异质性；109种高校学报可划分为4个类别，4个类别对学科各有侧重。【结论】不同类型院校学报的学科结构特征差异较大，反映出不同院校学报的学科定位与学科优势不同。根据高校文科学报发文学科侧重，可考虑在单篇论文学科分类基础上开展期刊分类评价。

关键词: 高校文科学报, 学科结构特征, 中图分类号, 期刊集群