Abstract:

Purposes In the context of building world-class journals， this paper analyzes the characteristics and academic impact of the papers that designated as “editors’ suggestions”， providing positive reference for Chinese journal editors to more scientifically and effectively select high-level papers. Methods Descriptive statistics， non-parametric tests， and logistic regression methods are used to analyze the characteristics of authors， institutions， countries， research fields， titles， funds， and references of the selected editors’ suggestions papers in Physical Review Letters from 2012 to 2021， and to explore the influence of this kind of papers from three aspects： overall， same author-same year-same field， and becoming highly cited papers. Findings he papers selected as editors’ suggestions have characteristics such as a large number of collaborators， a wide range of cooperating institutions， a clustering of countries and institutions， fields differences， concise titles， multiple supporting funds， and a focus on balancing old and new references. Compared to non-selected papers， the selected papers perform better in terms of citation frequency， usage since 2013， and becoming highly cited papers. Conclusions Given the significant academic impact of papers selected as editors’ suggestion， when promoting this model in the future， more attention should be paid to papers in the fields of large-scale collaboration and small but refined research. Furthermore， the conciseness of titles， the rationality of funding annotations， and the balance of old and new references should be emphasized. In addition， the author’s identity label should be treated rationally， and the professional level of the editorial team should also be continuously improved.

Key words: “Editors’ Suggestion”, Characteristics of papers, Academic impact, Physical Review Letters

摘要：

目的 在我国建设世界一流期刊背景下，对入选“编辑推荐”论文的特征和学术影响力分析，为我国期刊编辑更科学有效遴选高水平论文提供积极参考。 方法 利用描述统计、非参数检验和逻辑回归方法对Physical Review Letters 2012—2021年入选编辑推荐论文的作者、机构、国别、领域、标题、基金、参考文献等方面的特征进行分析，并从总体、同作者同年份同领域、成为高被引论文3个方面就入选论文的学术影响力进行探究。 结果 入选编辑推荐论文具有合作人数多、合作机构广、国别和机构集聚、领域差异、标题简洁、支持基金多、参考文献注重新旧平衡等特征，入选比非入选在被引频次、2013年以来使用次数、成为高被引论文等方面都有更好表现。 结论 鉴于入选编辑推荐论文具有显著学术影响力，在今后推广这一模式时，对大规模合作、小而精研究领域论文需多加关注，更加注重标题的简洁性，基金标注和参考文献引用应更合理，对作者的“身份”标签应理性对待，另外也需编辑队伍专业水平的不断提升。

关键词: “编辑推荐”, 论文特征, 学术影响力, Physical Review Letters