정성적 관점에서 국내 출연(연)의 논문 성과 변화 분석: SCI(E) 논문에 대한 표준화된 순위보정 영향력 지수(mrnIF)를 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze performance changes and draw implications from SCI(E) publications published by researchers of science and technology public research institutes (S&T PRIs) in South Korea. In this empirical study, I analyzed a total of 117,504 articles produced by 20 S&T PRIs between 1998 and 2018. The results are as follows. First, the papers produced by the S&T PRIs have been steadily increasing until recently. Second, based on the standardized modified rank-normalized impact factor (mrnIF), the production of relatively high quality papers have increased in recent years. Third, since 2007, when the qualitative criteria for evaluating papers were first proposed, and since 2015, when theuse of the criteria was emphasized, the production of papers with relatively high mrnIF value became accelerated. Fourth, until recently, the average number of co-authors per paper has steadily increased. Based on these findings, this study suggests strategic implications for improving the quality of research of S&T PRIs in South Korea.